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Arkansas bedstraw

Galium arkansanum

Arkansas bedstraw
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0

Arkansas bedstraw is a small native wildflower of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, valued mainly by native plant gardeners. It is a low, sprawling herbaceous plant that prefers well-drained, rocky, lightly shaded conditions.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water during establishment, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or rocky soil, leaning toward neutral to slightly acidic.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates winter cold typical of its Ozark range.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
Climate
temperate

About

Galium arkansanum, the Arkansas bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma in the United States.

Other Galium plants

Mount Aetna Bedstraw · White bedstraw · Phloxleaf bedstraw · Narrowleaf bedstraw · Alpine Bedstraw · Galium antarcticum · Stickywilly · Sand Bedstraw · Argus bedstraw · Awned bedstraw · Rough bedstraw · Galium austriacum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galium arkansanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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