Galega
Sign in to saveGalega, '''goat's rue''', is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, native to central and southern Europe, western Asia and tropical east Africa. They are tall, bushy, herbaceous perennials with erect racemes of pea-like flowers in shades of white, pink, blue or mauve. Their preferred habitats are sunny damp meadows or slopes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAlbania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kenya
General: ). Galeginae, containing the single genus Galega (Fig. 53), is also Use: Galega officinalis L. (goats rue) is a traditional medicine
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Research
1,050 papers- Clinical pharmacokinetics of metformin.Clinical pharmacokinetics · 2011
- Metformin: historical overview.Diabetologia · 2017
- Reply.Gastroenterology · 2023
- The complete chloroplast genome of Galega officinalis L.Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2021
- Social Camouflaging in Females with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021
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Galega, '''goat's rue', is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, native to central and southern Europe, western Asia and tropical east Africa. They are tall, bushy, herbaceous perennials with erect racemes of pea-like flowers in shades of white, pink, blue or mauve. Their preferred habitats are sunny damp meadows or slopes.
The species Galega officinalis and Galega orientalis are familiar in cultivation. Numerous cultivars and garden hybrids have also been produced, of which G. × hartlandii'' 'Lady Wilson' (bicoloured blue and white) and the white-flowered G. × hartlandii 'Alba' have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.