Galium formosense is a species of flowering plant in the bedstraw genus Galium, family Rubiaceae, native to Taiwan. A procumbent or erect perennial herb reaching 30 cm (12 in), it is found in the mountains in fields and alongside trails, roads, and ditches at elevations from 600 to 3,000 m (2,000 to 9,800 ft). It may be conspecific with Galium elegans.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Galium formosense being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Galium
- Species
- Galium formosense
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