General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 to 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Flies

Image
Common names
  • Northern Bedstraw
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Galium boreale
  • Synonym: Galium septentrionale
  • Synonym: Galium ussuriense

Photo Gallery
Location: Hortus Botanicus Akureyensis - Akureya - Iceland
Date: 2019-07-29
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2016-04-02
Seedling
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Iceland
Location: Upper hot spring, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01

credit: Jacob W. Frank

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