Galium verum
Common name
lady’s bedstraw
Family
Rubiaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
GALVER
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Yellow
Year naturalised
1908
Origin
Europe, W. Asia
Etymology
galium: From the Greek galo ‘milk’, the leaves of Galium verum being used in the past to curdle milk