Galium verum L.
yellow bedstraw (Yellow Spring bedstraw)
Rubiaceae (Madder family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
yellow bedstraw (Yellow Spring bedstraw)
Rubiaceae (Madder family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a creeping rhizome; stems decumbent to erect, several, branched, finely hairy, at least in the inflorescence, 25-120 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves in whorls of 6-8, sometimes up to 12, narrowly linear with margins rolled under, 1-veined, the tips with rigid points, finely hairy, 1-3 cm long, unstalked.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal, leafy-bracted, compound panicle of numerous short-stalked flowers, corollas saucer-shaped, bright yellow, 4-lobed, 2-4 mm wide.
Fruits:
Nutlets, 2, 1-1.5 mm long, smooth.
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 verum
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) |
785 | 785 | 785 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
5 | 5 | 5 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
270 | 270 | 270 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 4 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BWBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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