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Description

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Galium ceratopodum is a glabrous annual low shrub that reaches up to 15-50 cm; with climbing stems. Leaves are linear-lanceolate, 0.5-1.8 x 0.2-0.35 cm and arranged in whorls of 6-8 leaves. Flowers are with rotate, whitish corolla and arranged in axillary, 1-4-flowered cymes. The fruit is of 2 globose, densely, and papillose mericarps.

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Distribution in Egypt

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Mountainous Southern Sinai.

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Global Distribution

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Sinai, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia.

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Habitat

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Rocky hillsides.

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Life Expectancy

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Annual

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Size

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Height: 15-50 cm

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