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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Rubiaceae
Galium boreale L.
northern bedstraw
Galium: from Greek word gala, "milk," and alluding to the fact that certain species were used to curdle milk
boreale: northern
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-40" tall forb, with many branches; stems 4-angled and mostly smooth except below the nodes; creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | white to creamy, 4-parted, 1/8"-1/4" wide; inflorescence a showy, branched, terminal cluster of many flowers; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | mostly smooth or with un-hooked hairs |
| Leaf: | whorls of 4, linear to lance-like, tip slightly rounded |
| Habitat: | dry, moderate moisture, to wet; woods, forests, prairies, meadows |
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