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Rubiaceae
Common marsh bedstraw
Galium palustre
Also known as Galium palustre var. witheringii, Galium palustre var. rupicola, Galium palustre var. majus, Bedstraw
Native Plants · Bedstraw · Marsh · Groundcover · Wetland · Native · Galium · White · Flowers
Common marsh bedstraw is a delicate spreading perennial with tiny white flowers and whorled leaves. This wetland native requires consistently moist soil and benefits from partial shade protection. Best used as a naturalized groundcover in wild gardens or alongside water features.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist, tolerates wet conditions well · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 16 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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