WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
GROUP V 
Leaves whorled. 
Small Bedstraw {Galium trifidum). Madder family. July 
to September. 
A delicate reclining perennial not over one and one-half feet 
long, with square, weak stem, often clinging to other plants by 
tiny prickles. Its minute flowers are in little clusters, oftenest 
three together when terminal. The corolla has four lobes; the 
calyx is globular. Leaves in whorls of Jour. Fruit a small, 
smooth, double bur. The Greek name signifies milk, to curdle 
which some galiums are used. 
Rough Bedstraw {Galium asprellum). Madder family. 
June to August. 
Perennial, similar to Small Bedstraw, but sometimes six feet 
long or over, with spreading branches and full clusters of tiny, 
four-parted flowers. Leaves in whorls oj five or six. The whole 
plant has a more decorative effect than Small Bedstraw. Moist 
ground. 
Wild Liquorice {Galium lanceolatum) . Madder family. 
June to August. 
A perennial upright Bedstraw, a foot or two high, without 
prickles. The flowers are generally short-stalked, the four 
corolla-lobes pointed, yellowish, turning purple. Its three- 
veined leaves, one to two inches long, are in whorls of Jour, 
broadly lance-shaped, tapering. The fruit is hairy. Galium 
circcezans has blunt-pointed, shorter leaves and greenish flowers. 
Cleavers. Goose Grass. Bedstraw {Galium Aparine). 
Madder family. May to September. 
An annual with length of two to five feet. There are one to 
three small flowers in the axils on fine stalks; corolla four- 
(sometimes three-) parted, lobes pointed. The leaves are gen- 
erally six to eight in a whorl, inversely lance-shaped, blunt- 
pointed, with rough edges. Shady places. 
