A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Last updated 8/16/2023 by David Giblin.
Galium humifusum M. Bieb.[HC2, Stace 1997]
creeping bedstraw, spreading bedstraw
[This taxon is excluded from Washington]
Publication: Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 104-105. 1808.
Origin: Introduced from Mediterranean
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: The only two specimens of this species at WTU are Suksdorf collections dating to 1925. That the species has not been collected again in North America in nearly 100 years (according to PLANTS database WA is the only state in which this species occurs), this species is considered excluded until specimens are located indicating that it is established in the flora.
References: (none)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Asperula humifusa (M. Bieb.) Besser[HC]
