''Galium sylvaticum'', commonly known as Scotch mist or wood bedstraw, is a plant species of the genus Rubiaceae. Its genus name, Galium, is derived from the Greek word for " milk," apparently because some species have been used to curdle milk. It is native to central Europe: France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia and smaller countries in between.Altervista Flora Italiana
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( Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,

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, Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington and Oregon). It is often found in anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed) habitats, forest edges, meadows and fields. It is a perennial, branching herb with thin stems. Its leaves are in whorls of six, each narrowly linear. Flowers are in open terminal

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, white and four-petaled.

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USDA Plants profile, Scotch mist, ''Galium sylvaticum'' Tela Botanica, Gaillet des bois
* ttp://www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=156 Botanische Spaziergaenge, Bilder von Österreichs Flora, ''Galium sylvaticum'' / (Eigentliches) Wald- Labkraut sylvaticum Flora of Europe Flora of Italy Flora of Germany Flora of the Netherlands Flora of Belgium Flora of Poland Flora of Austria Flora of the Czech Republic Flora of Slovakia Flora of Switzerland Flora of Hungary Flora of Croatia Flora of Serbia Flora of Kosovo Flora of Slovenia Flora of Bosnia and Herzegovina Plants described in 1762 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{galium-stub