bedstraw
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + straw.
Noun[edit]
bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)
- any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
- Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
- (obsolete) straw put into a bed
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Fleas breed principally of straw or mats, where there hath been a little moisture; or the chamber and bedstraw kept close and not aired
Derived terms[edit]
- alpine bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium)
- Andrews' bedstraw (Galium andrewsii subsp. andrewsii)
- Argus bedstraw (Galium argense)
- Arkansas bedstraw (Galium arkansanum)
- awned bedstraw (Galium aristatum)
- bald bedstraw (Galium orizabense)
- bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides)
- bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum)
- Bolander's bedstraw (Galium bolanderi)
- boreal bedstraw (Galium kamtschaticum)
- Borrego bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. borregoense)
- box bedstraw (Galium buxifolium)
- bracted bedstraw (Galium microphyllum)
- bristly bedstraw (Galium uncinulatum)
- bushy bedstraw (Galium matthewsii)
- California bedstraw (Galium californicum)
- Castle Lake bedstraw (Galium glabrescens
- cliff bedstraw (Galium correllii)
- climbing bedstraw (Galium nuttallii)
- coastal bedstraw (Galium hispidulum)
- Colorado bedstraw (Galium coloradoense)
- common marsh bedstraw (Galium palustre)
- Cone Peak bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. luciense)
- Day's bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. dayense)
- desert bedstraw (Galium desereticum)
- Ebbett's bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. ebbettsense)
- El Dorado bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. sierrae)
- Emery County bedstraw (Galium emeryense)
- European bedstraw (Galium rubioides)
- fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum)
- Fendler's bedstraw (Galium fendleri)
- Fossil Hill Creek bedstraw (Galium collomiae)
- fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
- graceful bedstraw (Galium porrigens)
- Gray's bedstraw (Galium grayanum)
- hairy bedstraw (Galium pilosum)
- Hall's bedstraw (Galium hallii)
- Hardham's bedstraw (Galium hardhamiae)
- heath bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
- Hilend's bedstraw (Galium hilendiae)
- Humboldt bedstraw (Galium muricatum)
- Intermountain bedstraw (Galium serpenticum)
- Inyo bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. inyoense)
- Jepson's bedstraw (Galium jepsonii)
- Johnston's bedstraw (Galium johnstonii)
- Kingston Mountains bedstraw (Galium hilendiae subsp. kingstonense)
- lady's bedstraw (Galium verum)
- Lamarck's bedstraw (Galium divaricatum))
- largeleaf bedstraw (Galium magnifolium)
- licorice bedstraw (Galium circaezans)
- limestone bedstraw (Galium proliferum)
- limestone swamp bedstraw (Galium brevipes)
- Malheur bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. malheurense)
- Mexican bedstraw (Galium mexicanum)
- Modoc bedstraw (Galium glabrescens subsp. modocense)
- Munz's bedstraw (Galium munzii)
- narrowleaf bedstraw (Galium angustifolium)
- Nevada bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. nevadense)
- northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
- northern bog bedstraw (Galium labradoricum)
- Okanoga bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. okanoganense
- oneflower bedstraw (Galium uniflorum)
- Onyx Peak bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. onycense)
- Oregon bedstraw (Galium oreganum)
- Our Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum)
- Panamint Mountains bedstraw (Galium hilendiae subsp. carneum)
- Parish's bedstraw (Galium parishii)
- phloxleaf bedstraw (Galium andrewsii)
- piedmont bedstraw (Cruciata pedemontana)
- purple bedstraw (Galium latifolium)
- rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
- roughfruit corn bedstraw (Galium tricornutum)
- San Antonio Canyon bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. gabrielense)
- San Gabriel bedstraw (Galium grande)
- San Jacinto bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. jacinticum
- San Miguel Island bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. miguelense))
- Santa Barbara bedstraw (Galium cliftonsmithii)
- Santa Catalina Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense)
- Santa Clemente Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense subsp. acrispum)
- Santa Lucia bedstraw (Galium clementis)
- Schultes' bedstraw (Galium schultesii)
- Scott Mountain bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. scotticum)
- Sequoia bedstraw (Galium sparsiflorum)
- serpentine bedstraw (Galium andrewsii subsp. gatense)
- shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum)
- shrubby bedstraw (Galium multiflorum)
- Siskiyou bedstraw (Galium ambiguum subsp. siskiyouense)
- slender bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. gracillimum)
- smooth bedstraw (Cruciata laevipes)
- southwestern bedstraw (Galium virgatum)
- spreading bedstraw (Galium humifusum)
- starry bedstraw (Galium stellatum)
- stiff marsh bedstraw (Galium tinctorium)
- subalpine bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. subalpinum)
- sweetscented bedstraw (Galium odoratum)
- Texas bedstraw (Galium texense)
- threepetal bedstraw (Galium trifidum)
- twinleaf bedstraw (Galium bifolium)
- wall bedstraw (Galium parisiense)
- Warner Mountains bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. warnerense)
- warty bedstraw (Galium verrucosum)
- Watson's bedstraw (Galium watsonii)
- waxy bedstraw (Galium glaucum)
- white bedstraw (Galium album)
- Wirtgen's bedstraw (Galium verum var. wirtgenii)
- Wright's bedstraw (Galium wrightii
- yellow bedstraw (Galium verum)
- Yellow Spring bedstraw (Galium verum)
- yellow wall bedstraw (Galium murale)
- Yolla Bolly bedstraw (Galium ambiguum)
Translations[edit]
any plant of the herb genus Galium
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Galium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Galium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Galium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - bedstraw at USDA Plants database
