After going through all these details, I will go for G. acutum On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 14:45, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let us find analyse the two species to get better idea about the two: > > *Galium aparine L*.: > Flora of Pakistan > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200022084>: > *Annual > climbing herb, stem with reflexed hairs or prickles.* *Leaves 6-8 in a > whorl, 5-40 x 4-6 mm,* linear, narrowly obovate, oblong, > oblanceolate-elliptic, *usually narrower below the middle, *mucronate or > cuspidate, midrib and margin scabridulous, upper surface mostly hispid, > sessile or shortly petioled. *Inflorescence axillary, 3-flowered*; *peduncle > stout, 1.5-2 cm long*. *Corolla white; lobes oblong*, c. 1 mm long, *pedicel > straight, *enlarged and up to 8 mm in fruit. *Fruit 2-5 mm in diam., > covered with dense hooked hairs or setae,* mericarps sometimes separated > and free. > *Fl. Per.: March-July.* > Distribution: Europe, North Africa, Asia minor, Siberia, Iran, > Afghanistan, Pakistan and India > GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=2913548> > Checklist of Nepal > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242422508>: > 2700-3600 m; Europe, W. Asia, N. America, widely naturalised in Asia > Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022084>: > *Herbs, > annual, procumbent or clambering*. *Stems 30-90 cm high,* *4-angled, 1-4 > mm in diam., branched from base, retrorsely aculeate along angles,* > glabrescent to pilose at nodes. *Leaves at middle stem region in whorls > of 6-10,* subsessile; blade drying papery, narrowly oblanceolate to > narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 10-60 × 3-10 mm, usually somewhat pilosulous > or hispidulous adaxially, retrorsely aculeolate along midrib abaxially, > base acute, margins flat to thinly revolute, retrorsely aculeolate, apex > acute and shortly mucronate; vein 1. *Inflorescences terminal and > axillary, cymes 2- to several flowered; *axes glabrous to aculeolate; > bracts ± leaflike or none, 1-5 mm; *peduncles 1-5 cm; pedicels 1-30 mm,* > finally elongating and sometimes curved directly under fruit. Ovary > subglobose, 0.3-0.5 mm, with uncinate trichomes. Flowers hermaphroditic. > *Corolla > yellowish green or white, rotate, 1.5-2 mm in diam.; lobes 4, triangular to > ovate*, acute. Mericarps subglobose to kidney-shaped, 2.5-5 mm, with a > dense cover of uncinate trichomes 0.4-1.2 mm from swollen base. *Fl. > Mar-Jul,* fr. Apr-Nov. > Forest margins, riversides, meadows, open fields, farmlands; *near sea > level to 2500 m.* Evidently rare in China and possibly only introduced > [originally in W Eurasia and the Mediterranean, but today nearly worldwide > as an adventive]. > > *Galium acutum Edgew*.: > Flora of Pakistan: *Prostrate to suberect perennial herb, stem 4-angled, > ± glabrous*, *stem and branches very leafy. Leaves 6 in a whorl, minute, > generally 5-8 x 1-3 mm, *linear-lanceolate, aristate-acute-mucronate, > glabrous, sessile, midrib conspicuous, margin often recurved. *Inflorescence > solitary axillary very rarely with 2 axillary flowers,* *peduncle very > short, always shorter than flower*, enlarged and straight in fruit. *Corolla > white, lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, *c. 1 mm long. Stamens shorter than > corolla-lobes. *Fruit glabrous-granulate, c. 2 mm in diameter.* > *Fl. Per.: August-September* > Distribution: Temperate Himalayas, Nepal, Sikkim, India and Pakistan > FoP illustration > <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=96569&flora_id=5> GBIF > <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=2913813> GBIF specimen > <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fn2t.net%2Fark%3A%2F65665%2Fm31262a41a-fc1f-4710-a0ba-a9b41d59e152> > Checklist of Nepal > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242422506>: > 2000-4100 m; Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), S. Tibet > Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242422506>: > *Herbs, > perennial, procumbent, much branched, mat-forming*. *Stems up to 30 cm,* *4(or > 6)-angled, glabrous, smooth or sometimes with scattered (very rarely more > dense) short and straight hairs. Leaves in whorls of up to 6, sessile*; > blade drying papery and blackish, linear-oblanceolate to narrowly > elliptic-oblanceolate, 2-8.5 × 0.3-1.5 mm, glabrous and smooth, > occasionally with straight hairs, base cuneate, margins flat to thinly > revolute, very rarely antrorsely aculeolate, apex acute, ± contracted and > mucronate; vein 1. *Inflorescences with terminal and axillary cymes, 1- > to few flowered; peduncles (1.5-)3-8(-10) mm; pedicels (0.1-)0.5-2(-3) mm, > *glabrous, > smooth. Ovary ellipsoid-obovoid, ca. 0.5 mm, didymous, glabrous. *Corolla > white, pale greenish, or yellowish, rotate, 1.2-3.5 mm in diam., glabrous > to puberulent, lobed for 2/3 or more; lobes 4, lanceolate-spatulate, *inside > (i.e., adaxially) papillose, shortly acuminate. Mericarps ellipsoid, ca. 1 > × 0.4-0.6 mm, glabrous, smooth or granular-verruculose, often on elongating > pedicels. *Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.* > Mountain rocks and slopes; 2000-4100 m. ?Sichuan, Xizang, ?Yunnan [India, > Nepal, Pakistan]. > > > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 18:34, Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> *Galium acutum : *much branched, mat-forming >> *Galium aparine* : branched from base >> Illustration (M. Rafiq) >> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=96569&flora_id=5> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 6:43 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> To me appears close to *Galium aparine* L. >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rubiaceae/galium/galium-aparine> >>> as >>> per comparative images at Galium >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rubiaceae/galium> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 20:18 >>> Subject: SK1492 09 Oct 2018 >>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg < >>> jmga...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> Dear Members, >>> >>> Location: Nagarkot >>> Date: 21 August 2018 >>> Elevation:6500 ft. >>> Habit : Wild >>> >>> Which Galium ?? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). 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