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Spreading bedstraw

Galium humifusum M.Bieb.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Galium

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Spreading bedstraw: Galium humifusum M. Bieb.
Photo: Convallaria majalis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Arabic
عشبة الجويسئة
azb
دولاشیق قاتیق اوْتو
Azerbaijani
Dolaşıq qatıqotu
Chinese
蔓生拉拉藤
English
Spreading bedstraw

Synonyms

  • Asperula besserana Kolk.
  • Asperula besseriana Klokov
  • Asperula cincinnata Klokov
  • Asperula conferta (K.Koch) Stankov
  • Asperula debilis Ledeb.
  • Asperula dissitiflora Post
  • Asperula ghautensis Post
  • Asperula humifusa (M.Bieb.) Besser
  • Asperula humifusa f. glaberrima Nábelek
  • Asperula humifusa f. hirsuta Nábelek
  • Asperula humifusa var. aspera Regel & Herder
  • Asperula humifusa var. conferta K.Koch
  • Asperula humifusa var. debilis (Ledeb.) Nyman
  • Asperula humifusa var. debilis (Ledeb.) Regel & Herder
  • Asperula humifusa var. diffusa K.Koch
  • Asperula humifusa var. pycnantha (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Asperula humifusa var. trichantha Regel & Herder
  • Asperula insuave Pobed.
  • Asperula insuavis Pobed.
  • Asperula pycnantha Boiss.
  • Asperula pycnantha var. lasiocarpa Boiss.
  • Asperula turkestanica Nevski
  • Galium apricum Sieber ex Steud.
  • Galium cincinnatum (Klokov) Ostapko
  • Galium humifusum subsp. besserianum (Klokov) Soó
  • Galium humifusum subsp. cincinnatum (Klokov) Soó
  • Galium humifusum var. confertum (K.Koch) Ancev
  • Galium humifusum var. diffusum (K.Koch) Ancev
  • Galium humifusum var. lasiocarpum (Boiss.) Meikle
  • Galium insuave (Pobed.) Pobed.
  • Galium insuavis (Pobed.) Pobed.
  • Galium lenkoranicum Mikheev
  • Galium parisiense Pall.
  • Galium polycarpum Less. ex Ledeb.
  • Galium pseudohumifusum Ostapko

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.