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Galium tinctorium, the stiff marsh bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is widespread and common across the eastern part of North America, from Texas to Labrador and from Minnesota to Florida, plus eastern and central Mexico and the Dominican Republic.[1] It is classed as a noxious weed in some parts of the northeastern United States.[2]

Stiff marsh bedstraw
Galium tinctorium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. tinctorium
Binomial name
Galium tinctorium L.

Galium tinctorium is a reclining herb with whorls of narrowly lanceolate leaves. Flowers have 3 petals each instead of the usual 4 more common in the genus. Petals are white in color with tips that are pointed or blunt. It grows in woods, wet ditches, and along shores.[3]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galium tinctorium.

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri, Galium tinctorium
• US Department of Agriculture plants profile
• Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, stiff three-petaled bedstraw
• Illinois Wildflowers, stiff bedstraw
• Michigan Flora, stiff bedstraw

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