*Galium verum Linnaeus. Common name: Yellow Bedstraw, Our Lady's Bedstraw. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Meadows, pastures, roadsides. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo3, Tat, Va, Stace (2010); = Galium verum L. ssp. verum — NY; = Galium verum L. var. verum — K4, Pa; < Galium verum L. — RAB, W. Basionym: Galium verum L. 1753
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending or sprawling, rhizomatous perennial of meadows, pastures and roadsides. Native of Eurasia, Africa.
Stems: Stems subtly 4-angled, branched in inflorescence, with a few short branches from nodes, and hairy.
Leaves: Leaves in whorls of 6-12, sessile, linear and sharp-tipped, to 1 1/2 in. long, margins rolled downward, hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a large, dense, pyramidal panicle, pale to golden yellow, 1/8 in. wide, consisting of 4 corolla lobes with pointed or blunt tips.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect to ascending or sprawling, rhizomatous perennial of meadows, pastures and roadsides. Native of Eurasia, Africa.
stems: Stems subtly 4-angled, branched in inflorescence, with a few short branches from nodes, and hairy.
leaves: Leaves in whorls of 6-12, sessile, linear and sharp-tipped, to 1 1/2 in. long, margins rolled downward, hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a large, dense, pyramidal panicle, pale to golden yellow, 1/8 in. wide, consisting of 4 corolla lobes with pointed or blunt tips.
fruits:
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native range: Europe, Asia & northern Africa
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