northern bedstraw
Common name: northern bedstraw
Botanical name: Galium boreale
Light: full to partial sun
Height: 8 – 20 inches
Water: moderate to low
Soil type: well-drained moist soils
Perennial wildflower with white or cream-colored starlike flowers in clusters at top of stems in midsummer; whorls of 4 leaves around stem; square, sweet-smelling stems are hollow and have been used as straw in mattresses
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