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Rubia peregrina - Branch with fruits - Click to enlarge!

Branch with fruits; Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Rubia peregrina - Upper and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower side of leaf; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Rubia peregrina - Branch section - Click to enlarge!

Branch section; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 243
Date of entry: 31.12.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Wild Madder

German: Wilder Krapp

Portuguese: Granza-brava, Pegamaço

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)

          Genus: Rubia (1)

            Epithet: peregrina L. (2)

Synonyms: Rubia anglica Huds., Rubia angustifolia L.

anglica => English

angustifolia => with narrow leaves

peregrina => strange, foreign

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Rubia peregrina at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.

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