| Accepted name: |
Galega officinalis L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Goat's-rue
Common Goat's-rue
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| French names: |
Galega officinal
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HGALOF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In Central Europe since the 16th cent. grown in gardens as medicinal plant, sometimes e.g. near Frankfurt, Germany, on a large scale, and sporadically till recent times (Italy, Czechoslovakia), sometimes used as bee forage (Switzerland)(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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