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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 12 to 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 24 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: Paired round single seeded green pods, maturing to black
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant

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Common names
  • Threepetal Bedstraw
  • Stiff Marsh Bedstraw

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Location: Southern Pines, NC (Powell's pond at Rays mill park)
Date: June 11, 2023
Stiff marsh bedstraw # 479; RAB page 986, 173-10-12; LHB page 927
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-04-21
Galium tinctorium can be identified by the three petal flowers
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