Rubiaceae

Yellow Spring bedstraw

Galium verum L.

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium

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Yellow Spring bedstraw (Galium verum) — FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (52)

Arabic: جويسئة خضراء, قش الفراش, بقلة حليب, خثيرة, عود الريح, غاليون أصفر, غليوم حقيقي
Armenian: Մակարդախոտ իսկական
arz: جويسئه خضراء
Asturian: Cuayalleche
azb: دیل قانادان
Azerbaijani: Əsl qatıqotu
Basque: Ziabelar hori
Belarusian: Маруна сапраўдная, Дзерачка, Лянок, Маруна-мір, Маслянка жоўтая, Масьлянка жоўтая, Мядуніца, Мір
Bulgarian: Еньовче
Catalan: Quallallet, Espunyidella, Espunyidella groga, Espunyidera, Gali, Herba de la mel, Herba formatgera, Gaillet jaune
Chinese: 蓬子菜, 篷子菜
Croatian: Ivanjsko cvijeće
Czech: Svízel syřišťový
Danish: Gul snerre
Dutch: Geel walstro, Echt walstro
English: Yellow Spring bedstraw, Lady's bedstraw, Bedstraw, Yellow bedstraw
Estonian: Hobumadar
Finnish: Keltamatara
French: Caille-lait jaune, Gaillet jaune, Gaillet vrai
Galician: Agana, Callaleite, Herba coalleira, Herba da agana, Herba do agano, Herba do rodicio, Herba dos aganos, Preseira
Georgian: Მინდვრისნემსა
German: Echtes Labkraut, Gelb-Labkraut, Gelbes Labkraut, Gelbes Waldstroh, Liebfrauenbettstroh, Liebkraut, Gaillet jaune
hsb: Žołty sydrik
Hungarian: Tejoltó galaj
Icelandic: Gulmaðra
Irish: Boladh cnis
Italian: Caglio vero, Erba zolfina, Gallium verum
Japanese: カワラマツバ（広義）
Korean: 솔나물
kw: Kala gweli
Latvian: Īstā madara
Lithuanian: Tikrasis lipikas, Gaillet jaune
Macedonian: Иванско цвеќе
Malayalam: ഗാലിയം വെരം
Norwegian Bokmål: Gulmaure
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gulmaure
pcd: Coaillot
Persian: شیرپنیر
Polish: Przytulia właściwa
Romanian: Drăgaică, Sânziană, Sânziene, Sînziană, Sînziene
rsk: Яново желє
Russian: Подмаренник настоящий, Подмаренник жёлтый
se: Fiskesmáđir
Serbian: Ivanjsko cveće, Ивањско цвеће, Galii veri herba
Serbian (Latin): Ivanjsko cvijeće
Slovak: Lipkavec syridlový, Lipkavec pravý
Slovenian: Prava lakota
Spanish: Cuaja leche, Cuaxaleche, Galio de flor amarilla, Hierba cuajadera, Hierba sanjuanera, Quaxa leche, Yerba cuajadera, Yerba de la grama
Swedish: Gulmåra, Honinggräs, Jungfru Marie sänghalm, Gaillet jaune
Turkish: Sarı yoğurt otu
Ukrainian: Підмаренник справжній
Welsh: Briwydd felen, Llysiau'r cywer

Synonyms

Asterophyllum galium K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
Galium floridum Salisb.
Galium verum f. verum
Galium verum subsp. euverum Hyl.
Galium verum subsp. ruthenicum P.Fourn.
Galium verum var. typicum Rouy
Galium verum var. verum
Rubia vera (L.) Baill.

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 3,124 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Komkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Peter Andersen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Оксана Серикова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Benjamin Flatt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Элеонора Анатольевна, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Georges Moes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kersti Nebelsiek, 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.