Galium tinctorium
| Stiff mairsh bedstraw | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Faimily: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. tinctorium |
| Binomial name | |
| Galium tinctorium L.
| |
Galium tinctorium, the stiff mairsh bedstraw, is a species o plants in the Rubiaceae. It is widespread an common athort the eastren pairt o North Americae, frae Texas tae Labrador an frae Minnesota tae Florida, plus eastren an central Mexico an the Dominican Republic.[1] It is clessed as a noxious weed in some pairts o the northeastren Unitit States.[2]
Galium tinctorium is a reclinin yerb wi whorls o narraely lanceolate leaves. Flouers hae 3 petals each insteid o the uisual 4 mair common in the genus.[3]
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- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri, Galium tinctorium
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, stiff three-petaled bedstraw Archived 2014-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Illinois Wildflowers, stiff bedstraw
- Michigan Flora, stiff bedstraw