Rubiaceae
Warty bedstraw
Galium verrucosum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Galium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Catalan
- Rabosa
- Chinese
- 麦仁珠, 弯梗拉拉藤, 锯锯藤, 拉拉藤
- Czech
- Svízel bradavčitý
- English
- Warty bedstraw
- German
- Anis-Labkraut
- Persian
- شیر پنیر سه شاخی
- Swedish
- Vårtmåra
Synonyms
- Aparine tricornis Fourr.
- Aparine verrucosa (Huds.) Moench
- Galium granulatum (Spreng.) Roem. & Schult.
- Galium saccharatum All.
- Galium saccharatum var. pleianthum Murb.
- Galium tricorne Stokes
- Galium vaillantii var. halophilum Ponzo
- Galium valantia Weber
- Galium verrucosum subsp. halophilum (Ponzo) Lambinon
- Galium verrucosum var. halophilum (Ponzo) Natali & Jeanm.
- Rubia tricornis Baill.
- Valantia aparine L.
- Valantia granulata Spreng.
- Valantia saccharata (All.) C.C.Gmel.
- Valantia tricornis Roth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Denis Barthel at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Javier martin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.