| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubiaceae | Galium album | Moist roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. Reported from ne. United States, and very possibly in our area, but hidden under a broad interpretation of G. mollugo. |  | |
| Rubiaceae | Galium anglicum | Pastures, disturbed areas. | Native of w. Europe. |  | |
| Rubiaceae | Galium aparine | Cleavers, Sticky-willy | Meadows, thickets, disturbed areas, forests. | Nearly cosmopolitan, from n. North America south through Central and South America. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium arkansanum var. arkansanum | Hairy-flower Arkansas Bedstraw | {habitats} | Endemic to the Interior Highlands of s. MO, AR, and e. OK. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium arkansanum var. pubiflorum | Hairy-flower Arkansas Bedstraw | Novaculite woodlands in the Ozarks; also potentially along adjacent glades and ridges. | Endemic to the Ouachita Mountains of AR. | |
| Rubiaceae | Galium arvense | Blue Woodruff, Field Madder | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. South to WV, MD, DE (USDA NRCS 2007), and se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993). |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium asprellum | Rough Bedstraw | Fens, bogs, streambanks, wet meadows, usually in at least somewhat base-rich soils. | NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to n. VA, w. NC, ne. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), and MO (Yatskievych 2013). The report for sc. TN is an error (D. Estes, pers. comm., 2005). |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium bermudense | Coastal Bedstraw | Maritime forests, longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy forests. | S. NJ south to FL, west to LA, primarily on the Coastal Plain; Bahamas; Bermuda. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium boreale | Northern Bedstraw | Limestone and dolostone bluffs, outcrops, and rocky woodlands, calcareous or ultramafic (serpentine) barrens. | Circumboreal, south in North America to n. DE, w. MD, sw. VA, sc. MO, NM, AZ, and CA. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium circaezans | Forest Bedstraw, Licorice Bedstraw | Mesic to dry forests. | QC west to MN and NE, south to FL and TX. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium concinnum | Shining Bedstraw | Mesic to dry forests. | NJ west to MN and NE, south to sw. VA, e. TN, nc. TN, AR, and MS (where first reported by J. Kees, pers.comm. 2022). |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium cruciata | Smooth Bedstraw, Common Crosswort | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium divaricatum | Lamarck’s Bedstraw, Wall Bedstraw | Disturbed areas. | Native of s. Europe. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium glaucum | Waxy Bedstraw | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium labradoricum | Labrador Bedstraw | Bogs, swamps. | NL west to NT, south to n. NJ, sc. PA, ne. OH, MI, , n. IN, n. IL, n. IA, e. SD, SK, AB, and BC. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium lanceolatum | Lanceleaf Bedstraw, Wild-licorice | Mesic to dry hardwood forests. | QC west to MN, south to w. NC and e. TN. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium latifolium | Purple Bedstraw, Wideleaf Bedstraw | Moist hardwood forests. | C. PA and KY south to n. GA and n. AL, a Southern and Central Appalachian endemic. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium mollugo | Smooth Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw | Moist roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium obtusum var. filifolium | Carolina Bedstraw | Marshes, swamps, creekbanks, alluvial forests. | S. NJ south to c. GA, primarily on the Coastal Plain. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium obtusum var. obtusum | Bluntleaf Bedstraw | Marshes, swamps. | NS west to SD, south to FL and TX. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium odoratum | Sweet Woodruff, Waldmeister | Commonly cultivated, rarely escaped or persistent, rarely along railroad tracks. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule | Bald Bedstraw, Smoothstem Bedstraw | Mesic forests, maritime forests, swamp edges. | Se. VA south to FL, west to se. TX; West Indies. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium palustre | Marsh Bedstraw | Marshes, wet soil. | NL (Labrador) and ON south to MD, s. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993), MD, WV, OH, IN, and IL; also in Europe and nw. North America. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium parisiense | Wall Bedstraw | Disturbed areas. | Native of s., w., and c. Europe. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium pedemontanum | Piedmont Bedstraw, Piedmont Crosswort | Lawns, grassy roadsides, pastures. | Native of s. Europe. In GA Mountains and Piedmont (T. Govus, pers. comm. 2005). Reported for DE and MD by Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp (2016). |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium pilosum | Hairy Bedstraw | Forests, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, prairies, coastal prairies, clearings. | S. NH west to MI, n. IL, MO, and KS, south to c. peninsular FL and TX. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium proliferum | Limestone Bedstraw | Limestone slopes. | C. and s. TX west to s. CA, south to n. Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, SLP, SON, TAM). | |
| Rubiaceae | Galium rubioides | European Bedstraw | Persisting and apparently spreading from cultivation. | Native of Eurasia. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium sherardia | Blue Field-madder | Lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium spurium | Disturbed areas. | NJ and northwards, but probably more widespread in our area than known at this time (records included under Galium aparine); n. Eurasia. |  | |
| Rubiaceae | Galium texense | Texas Bedstraw | Gravelly limestone slopes. | W. AR and OK south to s. TX. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium tinctorium var. floridanum | Florida Three-lobed Bedstraw, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw | Swamps, marshes, and ditches. | MA south to FL, west to e. TX, mostly on the Coastal Plain, but extending inland to w. VA, w. NC, se. KY, s. IL, and se. MO. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium tinctorium var. tinctorium | Southern Three-lobed Bedstraw, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw | Swamps, marshes, and ditches. | NL (Newfoundland) west to MN and NE, south to SC, n. GA, KY, and ne. MO. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium tricornutum | Small Bedstraw | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. This species has been reported from Cherokee and Greenwood counties, SC, nearby GA, and se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993). |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium trifidum var. trifidum | Northern Three-lobed Bedstraw | Moist places, bogs, and swamps. | Circumboreal, south in North America to DE, PA, NJ, s. OH, s. IN, IL, IA, NE, CO, n. UT, and WA. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium triflorum | Sweet-scented Bedstraw | Mesic to dry upland forests, floodplain forests, seepage swamps, old fields, disturbed areas, usually on base-rich soils. | Circumboreal, south in North America to FL and Mexico (TAM, VER). |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium uniflorum | One-flowered Bedstraw | Moist slope forests and alluvial forests. | Se. VA south to FL, west to AR and e. TX. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium verum | Yellow Bedstraw, Our Lady's Bedstraw | Meadows, pastures, roadsides. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium virgatum | Ozark Bedstraw | Glades, ledgetops, rocky prairies, open blackland prairies (GA), waif around wool-combing mill (SC), other disturbed areas. | Native from TN, c. GA (Houston County), and AL west to KS, OK, and TX (not listed for Mexico in Villaseñor 2016). |  |
| Rubiaceae | Galium wirtgenii | Yellow Bedstraw | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. |  |
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