Galium
Sign in to saveGalium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw.
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Galium is a large group of herbaceous plants found in temperate regions around the world, belonging to the same plant family as coffee and quinine. Some species in this genus are commonly called bedstraw, and they include both annual plants that live for one year and perennial plants that return year after year.
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Species
catchweed bedstraw
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast
Observations134,250
Common Name: cangay
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Research
314 papers- Galium.Atlanta medical and surgical journal · 1868
- Galium aparine L. protects against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in rats.
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Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw.
Over 600 species of Galium are described, with estimates of 629 to 650 as of 2013. 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, G. odoratum) are occasionally placed therein.