Sunday, 28 May 2023

Cruciata laevipes 平滑十字草

Common name: Crosswort
Scientific name: Cruciata laevipes 平滑十字草
Genus: Cruciata 十字草屬
Family: Rubiaceae 茜草科, coffee, madder or bedstraw family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Native in Britain. Neophyte (established after 1500 AD) in Ireland.

Date: 21st May

219 (24th May at another location) An erect, densely pubescent perennial, can reach up to 70 cm.

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288 Leaves pubescent, yellow-green, 10-20 mm, 4 per whorl, 3-veined.

20 Flowers in densely axillary clusters.

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29 Stem and margins of leaves with long spreading hairs.

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28 Flower corolla yellow, 4-lobed.

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