''Galium'' is a large

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of annual and

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aceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the

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zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 species of ''Galium'', with estimates of 629 to 650''Galium''.
The Jepson eFlora 2013. as of 2013. The field madder, ''

Sherardia arvensis ''Sherardia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Sherardia arvensis'' or (blue) field madder, which is widespread across most of Europe and northern Africa as well as sou ...

'', is a close relative and may be confused with a tiny bedstraw. ''

Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...

'' is also a closely related genus; some species of ''Galium'' (such as woodruff, '' G. odoratum'') are occasionally placed therein.

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*
World Checklist of Rubiaceae
* Rubiaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Galium-stub

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