List of bedstraws and madders of Montana
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Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
found in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
(not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.
- Catchweed BedstrawGalium aparineGalium aparine is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae. It is native to North America and Eurasia. It has several common names, including Cleavers, Clivers, Goosegrass, Stickywilly, Stickyjack, Stickyweed, Stickyleaf, Catchweed, Robin-run-the-hedge and Coachweed.-Growth:The long stems...
, Galium aparine - Baby's Breath, Galium mollugo
- KelloggiaKelloggia galioidesKelloggia galioides is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name milk kelloggia. It is native to the western United States from Washington to New Mexico, where it is a resident of coniferous forests. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing a very slender, erect...
, Kelloggia galioides - Low Mountain BedstrawGalium bifoliumGalium bifolium is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names twinleaf bedstraw and low mountain bedstraw. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in mountain forests and high-elevation plateaus. This is...
, Galium bifolium - Mexican Bedstraw, Galium mexicanum
- Northern BedstrawGalium borealeGalium boreale or Northern Bedstraw is a plant species of the genus Galium.Gallium boreale is edible, with a sweet smell and taste, and can be eaten as a wild salad green...
, Galium boreale - Piedmont-bedstraw, Galium pedemontanum
- Small BedstrawGalium trifidumGalium trifidum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name threepetal bedstraw. It is native to most of northern and western North America from Alaska eastern Canada to Mexico, where it grows in moist habitat...
, Galium trifidum - Sweet-scent BedstrawGalium triflorumGalium triflorum is a herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. It grows throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It exists in creeps along the forest floor, with whorled leaves and single fruiting peduncles rising above basal rosettes. There are six leaflets in a whorl below the peduncle...
, Galium triflorum - Threepetal BedstrawGalium trifidumGalium trifidum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name threepetal bedstraw. It is native to most of northern and western North America from Alaska eastern Canada to Mexico, where it grows in moist habitat...
, Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum - Threepetal BedstrawGalium trifidumGalium trifidum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name threepetal bedstraw. It is native to most of northern and western North America from Alaska eastern Canada to Mexico, where it grows in moist habitat...
, Galium trifidum ssp. trifidum - Threepetal BedstrawGalium trifidumGalium trifidum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name threepetal bedstraw. It is native to most of northern and western North America from Alaska eastern Canada to Mexico, where it grows in moist habitat...
, Galium trifidum ssp. subbiflorum - Spring BedstrawGalium verumGalium verum is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe and Asia. It is a low scrambling plant, with the stems growing to long, frequently rooting where they touch the ground. The leaves are long and broad, shiny dark green, hairy underneath, borne in whorls of 8–12...
, Galium verum