Galium kinuta is a perennial herb inhabiting forest edges
in mountainous regions. Stems are square with generally no hairs,
erect to 30-60cm in height, and rarely branch. Leaves with no
petioles are in whorls of four, in the shape of an oval-lanceolate
or lanceolate, 2-8cm in length, 8-25mm in width, with slender and
pointed tips, and three prominent veins on surfaces. The texture
feels hard. Stem tips bear cymes and sparsely set many white flowers
in them. Corollas measures approximately 2.5cm in diameter, tips
being cleft in four. Stamens are four in number. Bloom time:
July-September. |