Rubiaceae
Spreading bedstraw
Galium humifusum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Galium
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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

Photo: Convallaria majalis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.