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Lady's Bedstraw
Galium verum
Galium verum (lady's bedstraw or yellow bedstraw) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across most of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia from Israel, Lebanon and Turkey to Japan and Kamchatka. It is naturalized in Tasmania, New Zealand, Canada, and the northern half of the United States.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.276
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.230
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.228
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.596
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.564
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.742
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Galium verum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84328.