Galium trachyspermum var. trachyspermum("Yotsubamugura")
Japanese name: ヨツバムグラ（四葉葎） Scientific name:Galium trachyspermum var. trachyspermum
[Overview]
A perennial 20–50 cm tall, found on paddy ridges and in grassy places.
The stem branches in the lower part and has 4 ridges.
The leaves are simple, whorled in fours, ovate-oblong to ovate, 0.6–1.5 cm long and 0.3–0.6 cm wide.
White hairs grow on the leaf margin and on the underside.
Cymes at the branch tips and leaf axils bear a few densely clustered flowers.
The flowers are pale yellowish green, 1 mm across, and the corolla is 4-lobed.
The fruit has short hooked hairs.
[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed or by division.
A well-ventilated, sunny place, or a place such as under deciduous trees where strong direct summer sun can be avoided, is suitable.
