Galium tinctorium

Stiff mairsh bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Faimily:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. tinctorium
Binomial name
	Galium tinctorium; L.

Galium tinctorium, the stiff mairsh bedstraw, is a species o plants in the Rubiaceae. It is widespread an common athort the eastren pairt o North Americae, frae Texas tae Labrador an frae Minnesota tae Florida, plus eastren an central Mexico an the Dominican Republic.^[1] It is clessed as a noxious weed in some pairts o the northeastren Unitit States.^[2]

Galium tinctorium is a reclinin yerb wi whorls o narraely lanceolate leaves. Flouers hae 3 petals each insteid o the uisual 4 mair common in the genus.^[3]

References

Freemit airtins

[1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families^{[deid airtin]}

[2] Biota of North America Program

[3] Minnesota Wildflowers, Galium tinctorium (Stiff Marsh Bedstraw)

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