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Galium humifusum
Spreading bedstraw (Galium humifusum) is a low, mat-forming perennial herb from the coffee family, native across temperate Eurasia from the Balkans to Mongolia. It is a wild plant rather than a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care is mainly about hardy, sun-loving conditions in open, well-drained ground.
Galium humifusum, the spreading bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. Its native range stretches from the Black Sea region (Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Caucasus) to Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Mongolia and a few smaller countries. The species has also been regarded as a waif in the wild in Washington state in the United States.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galium humifusum 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.
