Galium 1226427 224868865 2008-07-10T19:44:23Z QualiaBot 4198854 robot Modifying: [[hsb:Sydrik]] {{confuse|Gallium}} {{Taxobox | image = Flowers February 2008-4.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Flowers of ''[[Galium aparine]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | subclassis = [[Asteridae]] | unranked_ordo = [[Euasterids I]] | ordo = [[Gentianales]] | familia = [[Rubiaceae]] | tribus = [[Rubieae]] | genus = '''''Galium''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = About 400; see text }} '''''Galium''''' is a large [[genus]] of [[Annual plant|annual]] and [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]]aceous plants in the family [[Rubiaceae]], with about 400 [[species]] occurring in the [[temperate]] zones of both the [[Northern Hemisphere|Northern]] and [[Southern Hemisphere]]s. Most species are known as '''bedstraw'''. The [[Field Madder]] (''Sherardia arvensis'') is a close relative and may be confused with a tiny bedstraw. ''[[Asperula]]'' is also a closely related genus; some species of ''Galium'' (such as [[woodruff]]) are occasionally placed therein. Bedstraws are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species. See [[list of Lepidoptera that feed on Galium]]. ==Uses== Galium, or Ladies' straw, was used as a red dye during Anglo-Saxon times in England. (see Anglo-Saxon Crafts by Kevin Leahy, p75-76) ==Selected species== [[Image:Galium truniacum.jpg|thumb|right|240px|''[[Galium truniacum]]'']] <div float="left"> {{col-begin|width=70%}} {{col-1-of-2}} * ''[[Galium aetnicum]]'' * ''Galium album'' - [[Upright Bedstraw]], Upright Hedge Bedstraw, White Bedstraw * ''[[Galium angulosum]]'' * ''[[Galium angustifolium]]'' - Narrowleaf Bedstraw * ''Galium aparine'' - [[Goosegrass]], Cleavers, Clivers, Stickywilly, Stickyweed, Catchweed, Coachweed, Common Bedstraw * ''Galium arenarium'' - [[Sand Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium arkansanum]]'' * ''[[Galium asprellum]]'' - [[Rough Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium australe]]'' * ''[[Galium azuayicum]]'' * ''[[Galium baldense]]'' * ''[[Galium bifolium]]'' - [[Low Mountain Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium bolanderi]]'' - Bolander's Bedstraw * ''Galium boreale'' - [[Northern Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium brevipes]]'' - Limestone Swamp Bedstraw * ''[[Galium buxifolium]]'' - Box Bedstraw * ''[[Galium californicum]]'' - California Bedstraw * ''[[Galium clementis]]'' - Santa Lucia Bedstraw * ''[[Galium ciliare]]'' * ''[[Galium circaezans]]'' - [[Licorice Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium concinnum]]'' - [[Shining Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium constrictum]]'' * ''[[Galium corrudaefolium]]'' * ''[[Galium debile]]'' * ''[[Galium divaricatum]]'' * ''[[Galium ecuadoricum]]'' * ''[[Galium elongatum]]'' - [[Great Marsh Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium firmum]]'' * ''[[Galium flaccidum]]'' * ''[[Galium fleurotii]]'' - [[Cheddar Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium fosbergii]]'' * ''[[Galium gaudichaudii]]'' * ''Galium glaucum'' - [[Glaucous Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium grande]]'' - San Gabriel Bedstraw * ''[[Galium grayanum]]'' - Gray's Bedstraw * ''[[Galium hypocarpium]]'' * ''[[Galium kamtschaticum]]'' - [[Boreal Bedstraw]] {{col-2-of-2}} * ''[[Galium labradoricum]]'' - [[Bog Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium lanceolatum]]'' - [[Torrey's wild licorice]] * ''[[Galium longifolium]]'' * ''[[Galium lucidum]]'' * ''[[Galium matthewsii]]'' - Bushy Bedstraw * ''[[Galium mexicanum]]'' - [[Mexican Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium migrans]]'' * ''[[Galium multiflorum]]'' - Shrubby Bedstraw * ''[[Galium murale]]'' * ''[[Galium nigroramosum]]'' * ''[[Galium normanii]]'' * ''[[Galium obliquum]]'' * ''[[Galium obtusum]]'' - [[Blunt-leaf Bedstraw]] * ''Galium odoratum'' - [[Woodruff]], Sweet Woodruff, Wild Baby's Breath * ''[[Galium oelandicum]]'' * ''[[Galium olympicum]]'' * ''Galium palustre'' - [[Common Marsh Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium parisiense]]'' - [[Wall Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium pilosum]]'' - [[Hairy Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium porrigens]]'' - Graceful Bedstraw * ''Galium pumilum'' - [[Slender Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium ruwenzoriense]]'' (Cortesi) Chiov. * ''[[Galium rotundifolium]]'' * ''[[Galium rubioides]]'' * ''[[Galium rubrum]]'' * ''Galium saxatile'' - [[Heath Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium schultesii]]'' * ''Galium spurium'' - [[False Cleavers]] * ''Galium sterneri'' - [[Limestone Bedstraw]] * ''Galium suecicum'' - [[Swedish Bedstraw]] * ''Galium sylvaticum'' - [[Wood Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium tinctorium]]'' - [[Stiff Marsh Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium tricornutum]]'' - [[Corn Cleavers]] * ''[[Galium trifidum]]'' - [[Small Bedstraw]] * ''Galium triflorum'' - [[Sweet-scented Bedstraw]], Conifer Bedstraw * ''[[Galium truniacum]]'' * ''Galium uliginosum'' - [[Fen Bedstraw]] * ''[[Galium valdepilosum]]'' * ''Galium verum'' - [[Lady's Bedstraw]] {{col-end}} </div> ==External links== {{Commons-inline|Galium}} {{wikispecies-inline}} *{{cite web | url = http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/25168 | title = Genus '''Galium''' | accessdate = 2008-05-07 | author = UniProt | authorlink = UniProt | format = HTML }} {{Rubiaceae-stub}} [[Category:Galium|*]] [[bg:Еньовче]] [[da:Snerre]] [[de:Labkräuter]] [[es:Galium]] [[fr:Gaillet]] [[hsb:Sydrik]] [[ka:ენდრონიკა]] [[nl:Walstro]] [[no:Maurer]] [[pl:Przytulia]] [[pt:Galium]] [[sv:Måror]] [[vi:Chi Sữa đông]]