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Rubiaceae
Round-leaved bedstraw
Galium rotundifolium
Also known as Round-leaved goosegrass, Cleavers, Galium, Galium rotundifolium var. decipiens
Native Plants · Woodland · Ground Cover · Shade Tolerant · Perennial · Wildflower · European Native · Bedstraw · Rubiaceae
Round-leaved bedstraw thrives in partial shade with consistently moist, humus-rich soil, making it ideal for woodland garden settings. Water regularly to prevent the soil from drying out, especially during warmer months. It is a low-maintenance ground cover that naturalizes well beneath trees and shrubs.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Borneo, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Jawa, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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