Galium kamtschaticum, known as Kamchatka bedstraw or boreal bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, named for the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Pacific Coast of Russia.Schultes, Josef August & Schultes, Julius Hermann. 1827. Mantissa 3: 186 The species is native to northeastern Asia and northern North America: Russia (Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, and Kuril Islands), northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), Korea, Japan, Alaska (including the Aleutians), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick), and the northern part of the contiguous United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Washington).Flora of China, v 19 p 132, Galium kamtschaticum Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America ProgramWelsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada i–xvi, 1–724. Brigham Young University Press, Provo.Porsild, A. E. & W. Cody. 1980. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northwest Territories Canada i–viii, 1–607. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.USDA plant profile
Varieties Two varieties are recognized:
Galium kamtschaticum var. kamtschaticum - most of species range Galium kamtschaticum var. yakusimense (Masam.) T.Yamaz - indigenous to Yakushima Island in southern Japan
References
External links Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry, Galium kamtschaticum Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, Galium kamtschaticum Gardening Europe