| Threepetal bedstraw | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. trifidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Galium trifidum | |
Galium trifidum is a species of flowering plant in thecoffee family, known by the common namethree-petal bedstraw.[1] It grows widespread in the arctic, temperate and subtropical regions of theNorthern Hemisphere: northern and centralAsia (Siberia, theRussian Far East,China,Korea,Japan,Kazakhstan), northern and easternEurope (Scandinavia,France,Austria,Poland,Russia,Ukraine,Baltic states) and much ofNorth America (fromGreenland and theAleutians as far south asOaxaca andHispaniola).[2][3][4]
Galium trifidum is a usually perennial herb forming tangles of thin stems up to half a meter long, ringed withwhorls of several linear to oval leaves. Theinflorescence is a cluster of small white or pinkish flowers, each with usually three petal-like lobes in itscorolla.[5][6][7]
Five subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):[2]
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