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§1 Plant

Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.

vernacular stiff marsh bedstraw — species · Rubiaceae


USDA
GATI
GBIF
2913380
Rank
species
stiff marsh bedstraw (Galium tinctorium)
Platephotograph · Shaun PogacnikCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rubiaceae Juss.
Genus
Galium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,004 counties across 28 states/territories
Legend Native · 1004 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
Low
Moisture use
High
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
32–55 in/yr
pH range
4.6–7
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
0.8 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
500,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,004 counties across 28 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 11 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 N
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 56 N
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N
Illinois view state ↗ 37 N
Indiana view state ↗ 34 N
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 62 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Michigan view state ↗ 64 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 35 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 22 N
Missouri view state ↗ 22 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N
New York view state ↗ 43 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 84 N
Ohio view state ↗ 66 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 38 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 46 N
Texas view state ↗ 32 N
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N
Virginia view state ↗ 74 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 26 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 64 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/GATI ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2913380 ↗

Record version

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