Common name
English: Wood Bedstraw
German: Wald-Labkraut
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Gentianales (113)
Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)
Genus: Galium (4)
Epithet: sylvaticum L. (1)
Synonyms: Galium capillipes Rchb., Galium nitidum Willd. ex Schult., Galium polymorphum Knaf
capillipes => slender stalked
nitidum => shining, smooth and clear, lustrous
sylvaticum => wild not cultivated, growing in woods and forests
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white