Galium verum
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| Image:Galium verum01.jpg Lady's Bedstraw in flower
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| Galium verum L. |
Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw or Yellow Bedstraw) is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe and Asia. It is a low scrambling plant, with the stems growing to 60-120 cm long, frequently rooting where they touch the ground. The leaves are 1-3 cm long and 2 mm broad, shiny dark green, hairy underneath, borne in whorls of 8-12. The flowers are 2-3 mm diameter, yellow, produced in dense clusters.
[edit] Uses
In the past the dried plants were used to stuff mattresses, the coumarin scent of the plants acting as a flea killer. The flowers were also used to coagulate milk in cheese manufacture.
[edit] See also
List of Lepidoptera which feed on Galium
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