Galium triflorum Michx.
sweet-scented bedstraw (fragrant bedstraw)
Rubiaceae (Madder family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
sweet-scented bedstraw (fragrant bedstraw)
Rubiaceae (Madder family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a creeping rhizome; stems prostrate to ascending or climbing, several, branched, square, short-hairy on the angles, the hooked hairs pointed downwards, 20-80 cm long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few, soon deciduous; stem leaves in whorls of 6, sometimes 4 or 5 on the smaller branches, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 1-veined, 1.5-4.5 cm long, unstalked, short-hairy on the margins and with hooked bristles on the veins beneath, the hairs pointed forward.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of usually 3, stalked flowers in loose, open axillary or terminal clusters; corollas saucer-shaped, whitish, 2-3 mm wide, 4-lobed; calyces obsolete.
Fruits:
Nutlets, 2, 2-2.5 mm long, with numerous, short, hooked white to brown bristles.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Galium triflorum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
878 | 0 | 2750 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
15 | 0 | 205 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
106 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
6558 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(4), BG(22), BWBS(219), CDF(161), CWH(1020), ESSF(832), ICH(1696), IDF(511), IMA(1), MH(11), MS(415), PP(26), SBPS(35), SBS(1289), SWB(5) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic streambanks, thickets and forests in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; common throughout BC; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and SW NT, E to NF and S to FL, CA and MX; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Galium brachiatum Pursh
Galium pennsylvanicum W. Bartram
Galium triflorum var. asprelliforme Fernald
Galium triflorum var. viridiflorum DC.