Galium pilosum, the hairy bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae.William Aiton. 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 145 It is native to the southern and eastern United States and Canada from Texas to Florida north to Kansas, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and New Hampshire. There are also isolated populations in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Hispaniola. The plant is classified as a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program
G. pilosum may reach between 3 and 8 decimeters (approximately 11.8 to 31.5 inches) in height. Leaves have a whorled arrangement and range in length between 1 and 2.5 centimeters long and 6 to 12 millimeters wide. Flowers are greenish, white, or maroon.Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 984-6. Print.
It has been observed in habitats such as longleaf pine savannas, wet flatwoods, and in cabbage palm hammocks.Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: . Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Cecil R Slaughter, Gil Nelson, W. H. Lewis, R. A. Norris, R. F. Doren, Chris Cooksey, R. Komarek, M. Davis, Lisa Keppner, Thomas E. Miller, C. Jackson, Gwynn W. Ramsey, R. S. Mitchell, H. Larry Stripling, Mabel Kral, and Wilson Baker. States and Counties: Florida: Citrus, Clay, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Jackson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri, Galium pilosum USDA Plants profile Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, hairy bedstraw Herbarium of the University of Michigan, Galium pilosum Missouri Plants, Galium pilosum University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Galium pilosum Jeffrey S. Pippen, North Carolina Wildflowers, Galium pilosum