Galium boreale L., 1753 35% complete

Northern bedstraw

Sp. Pl.: 108 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Galium boreale, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Source not recorded8 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 108 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Northern bedstraw No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 45 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 92, 115, 116, 164, 174, 178, 192, 310, 320, 335, 500, 519, 608, 818, 866, 898, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Maximum height 45 cm
  • 45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 92, 115, 116, 164, 174, 178, 192, 310, 320, 335, 500, 519, 608, 818, 866, 898, 918
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months feb, jun, jul, aug
  • feb, jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174
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Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 110, 164, 175, 178, 365, 460, 818, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
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Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 89, 444, 445
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Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 10 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record