Galium
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{{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]]'']]
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* ''[[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]]
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* ''[[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]]
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==External links==
{{Commons-inline|Galium}}
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*{{cite web
| url = http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/25168
| title = Genus '''Galium'''
| accessdate = 2008-05-07
| author = UniProt
| authorlink = UniProt
| format = HTML
}}
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