Galium
Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with about 400 species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Most species are known as bedstraw.
The Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) is a close relative and may be confused with a tiny bedstraw. Asperula is also a closely related genus; some species of Galium (such as woodruff) are occasionally placed therein.
Bedstraws are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. See list of Lepidoptera that feed on Galium.
Uses
Galium, or Ladies' straw, was used as a red dye during Anglo-Saxon times in England. (see Anglo-Saxon Crafts by Kevin Leahy, p75-76)
Selected species
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Galium aetnicum
Galium album - Upright Bedstraw, Upright Hedge Bedstraw, White Bedstraw
Galium ambiguum
Galium andrewsii
Galium angulosum
Galium angustifolium - Narrowleaf Bedstraw
Galium aparine - Goosegrass, Cleavers, Clivers, Stickywilly, Stickyweed, Catchweed, Coachweed, Common Bedstraw
Galium arenarium - Sand Bedstraw
Galium arkansanum
Galium asprellum - Rough Bedstraw
Galium australe
Galium azuayicum
Galium baldense
Galium bifolium - Low Mountain Bedstraw
Galium bolanderi - Bolander's Bedstraw
Galium boreale - Northern Bedstraw
Galium brevipes - Limestone Swamp Bedstraw
Galium buxifolium - Box Bedstraw
Galium californicum - California Bedstraw
Galium catalinense
Galium clementis - Santa Lucia Bedstraw
Galium ciliare
Galium circaezans - Licorice Bedstraw
Galium cliftonsmithii
Galium concinnum - Shining Bedstraw
Galium constrictum
Galium corrudaefolium
Galium debile
Galium divaricatum
Galium ecuadoricum
Galium elongatum - Great Marsh Bedstraw
Galium firmum
Galium flaccidum
Galium fleurotii - Cheddar Bedstraw
Galium fosbergii
Galium gaudichaudii
Galium glabrescens
Galium glaucum - Glaucous Bedstraw
Galium grande - San Gabriel Bedstraw
Galium grayanum - Gray's Bedstraw
Galium hardhamiae
Galium hypotrichium
Galium kamtschaticum - Boreal Bedstraw
Galium labradoricum - Bog Bedstraw
Galium lanceolatum - Torrey's wild licorice
Galium longifolium
Galium lucidum
Galium matthewsii - Bushy Bedstraw
Galium mexicanum - Mexican Bedstraw
Galium migrans
Galium mollugo
Galium multiflorum - Shrubby Bedstraw
Galium murale
Galium nigroramosum
Galium normanii
Galium nuttallii
Galium obliquum
Galium obtusum - Blunt-leaf Bedstraw
Galium odoratum - Woodruff, Sweet Woodruff, Wild Baby's Breath
Galium oelandicum
Galium olympicum
Galium palustre - Common Marsh Bedstraw
Galium parisiense - Wall Bedstraw
Galium pilosum - Hairy Bedstraw
Galium porrigens - Graceful Bedstraw
Galium pumilum - Slender Bedstraw
Galium ruwenzoriense (Cortesi) Chiov.
Galium rotundifolium
Galium rubioides
Galium rubrum
Galium saxatile - Heath Bedstraw
Galium schultesii
Galium serpenticum
Galium sparsiflorum
Galium spurium - False Cleavers
Galium sterneri - Limestone Bedstraw
Galium suecicum - Swedish Bedstraw
Galium sylvaticum - Wood Bedstraw
Galium tinctorium - Stiff Marsh Bedstraw
Galium tricornutum - Corn Cleavers
Galium trifidum - Small Bedstraw
Galium triflorum - Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Conifer Bedstraw
Galium truniacum
Galium uliginosum - Fen Bedstraw
Galium valdepilosum
Galium verum - Lady's Bedstraw
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Translation
The word "Galium" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese.
Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Еньовче, Danish: Snerre, German: Labkräuter, Estonian: Madar, French: Gaillet, Upper Sorbian: Sydrik, Georgian: ენდრონიკა, Kurdish: Zimanxûnk, Lithuanian: Lipikas (augalas), Dutch: Walstro, Norwegian (Bokmål): Maurer, Polish: Przytulia, Russian: Подмаренник, Swedish: Mårsläktet, Ukrainian: Підмаренник, Vietnamese: Chi Sữa đông.
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