Rubiaceae
Bedstraw
Galium × pomeranicum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Galium
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Common names
By language (5)
- Dutch
- Geelwit walstro
- English
- Bedstraw
- Finnish
- Piennarmatara
- German
- Weissgelb-Labkraut, Weißgelb-Labkraut, Gelbweisses Labkraut, Gelbweißes Labkraut
- hsb
- Žołtoběły sydrik
Synonyms
- Galium ambiguum Gren.
- Galium bailletii E.G.Camus
- Galium ceretanum Sennen
- Galium decolorans Gren.
- Galium flavum Wallr.
- Galium guillemotii Corb.
- Galium hillardiae Druce
- Galium mollugo var. guillemotii (Corb.) Rouy
- Galium mollugo var. ochroleucum (Fr.) Dumort.
- Galium mollugo var. ochroleucum Fr.
- Galium mouretii Sennen
- Galium ochroleucum Wolf ex Schweigg.
- Galium ochroleucum Rochel
- Galium ochroleucum subsp. angustifolium Čelak.
- Galium ochroleucum subsp. latifolium Čelak.
- Galium ochroleucum var. ambiguum (Gren.) Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. bailletii (E.G.Camus) Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. decolorans (Gren.) Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. effugens Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. fallacinum Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. gonsei Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. guillemotii (Corb.) Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. mouretii (Sennen) Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. palatinum Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. pseudocinereum Rouy
- Galium ochroleucum var. sternbergii Knaf ex Nyman
- Galium ochroleucym var. timbalii (Har.) Rouy
- Galium odessanum Klokov
- Galium pomeranicum subsp. hillardiae (Druce) P.D.Sell
- Galium pomeranicum var. guillemotii (Corb.) B.Touss. & Lambinon
- Galium ruthenicum f. piliferum H.Lindb.
- Galium timbalii Har.
- Galium verocinereum J.Serres
- Galium verum f. piliferum (H.Lindb.) Cajander
- Galium verum subvar. ochroleucum (Fr.) Rouy
- Galium verum var. effusum Hartm.
- Galium verum var. ochroleucum (Fr.) Fr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:45, 26 September 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 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.