# bedstraw
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed +‎ straw.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)
* any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
* Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
* (obsolete) straw put into a bed
** 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:Fleas breed principally of straw or mats, where there hath been a little moisture; or the chamber and bedstraw kept close and not aired

#### Derived terms

* alpine bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium)
* Andrews' bedstraw (Galium andrewsii subsp. andrewsii)
* Argus bedstraw (Galium argense)
* Arkansas bedstraw (Galium arkansanum)
* awned bedstraw (Galium aristatum)
* bald bedstraw (Galium orizabense)
* bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides)
* bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum)
* Bolander's bedstraw (Galium bolanderi)
* boreal bedstraw (Galium kamtschaticum)
* Borrego bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. borregoense)
* box bedstraw (Galium buxifolium)
* bracted bedstraw (Galium microphyllum)
* bristly bedstraw (Galium uncinulatum)
* bushy bedstraw (Galium matthewsii)
* California bedstraw (Galium californicum)
* Castle Lake bedstraw (Galium glabrescens
* catchweed bedstraw
* cliff bedstraw (Galium correllii)
* climbing bedstraw (Galium nuttallii)
* coastal bedstraw (Galium hispidulum)
* Colorado bedstraw (Galium coloradoense)
* common marsh bedstraw (Galium palustre)
* Cone Peak bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. luciense)
* Day's bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. dayense)
* desert bedstraw (Galium desereticum)
* Ebbett's bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. ebbettsense)
* El Dorado bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. sierrae)
* Emery County bedstraw (Galium emeryense)
* European bedstraw (Galium rubioides)
* fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum)
* Fendler's bedstraw (Galium fendleri)
* Fossil Hill Creek bedstraw (Galium collomiae)
* fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
* graceful bedstraw (Galium porrigens)
* Gray's bedstraw (Galium grayanum)
* hairy bedstraw (Galium pilosum)
* Hall's bedstraw (Galium hallii)
* Hardham's bedstraw (Galium hardhamiae)
* heath bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
* Hilend's bedstraw (Galium hilendiae)
* Humboldt bedstraw (Galium muricatum)
* Intermountain bedstraw (Galium serpenticum)
* Inyo bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. inyoense)
* Jepson's bedstraw (Galium jepsonii)
* Johnston's bedstraw (Galium johnstonii)
* Kingston Mountains bedstraw (Galium hilendiae subsp. kingstonense)
* lady's bedstraw (Galium verum)
* Lamarck's bedstraw (Galium divaricatum))
* largeleaf bedstraw (Galium magnifolium)
* licorice bedstraw (Galium circaezans)
* limestone bedstraw (Galium proliferum)
* limestone swamp bedstraw (Galium brevipes)
* Malheur bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. malheurense)
* Mexican bedstraw (Galium mexicanum)
* Modoc bedstraw (Galium glabrescens subsp. modocense)
* Munz's bedstraw (Galium munzii)
* narrowleaf bedstraw (Galium angustifolium)
* Nevada bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. nevadense)
* northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
* northern bog bedstraw (Galium labradoricum)
* Okanoga bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. okanoganense
* oneflower bedstraw (Galium uniflorum)
* Onyx Peak bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. onycense)
* Oregon bedstraw (Galium oreganum)
* Our Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum)
* Panamint Mountains bedstraw (Galium hilendiae subsp. carneum)
* Parish's bedstraw (Galium parishii)
* phloxleaf bedstraw (Galium andrewsii)
* piedmont bedstraw (Cruciata pedemontana)
* purple bedstraw (Galium latifolium)
* rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
* roughfruit corn bedstraw (Galium tricornutum)
* San Antonio Canyon bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. gabrielense)
* San Gabriel bedstraw (Galium grande)
* San Jacinto bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. jacinticum
* San Miguel Island bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. miguelense))
* Santa Barbara bedstraw (Galium cliftonsmithii)
* Santa Catalina Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense)
* Santa Clemente Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense subsp. acrispum)
* Santa Lucia bedstraw (Galium clementis)
* Schultes' bedstraw (Galium schultesii)
* Scott Mountain bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. scotticum)
* Sequoia bedstraw (Galium sparsiflorum)
* serpentine bedstraw (Galium andrewsii subsp. gatense)
* shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum)
* shrubby bedstraw (Galium multiflorum)
* Siskiyou bedstraw (Galium ambiguum subsp. siskiyouense)
* slender bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. gracillimum)
* smooth bedstraw (Cruciata laevipes)
* southwestern bedstraw (Galium virgatum)
* spreading bedstraw (Galium humifusum)
* starry bedstraw (Galium stellatum)
* stiff marsh bedstraw (Galium tinctorium)
* subalpine bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. subalpinum)
* sweetscented bedstraw (Galium odoratum)
* Texas bedstraw (Galium texense)
* threepetal bedstraw (Galium trifidum)
* twinleaf bedstraw (Galium bifolium)
* wall bedstraw (Galium parisiense)
* Warner Mountains bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. warnerense)
* warty bedstraw (Galium verrucosum)
* Watson's bedstraw (Galium watsonii)
* waxy bedstraw (Galium glaucum)
* white bedstraw (Galium album)
* Wirtgen's bedstraw (Galium verum var. wirtgenii)
* wood bedstraw
* Wright's bedstraw (Galium wrightii
* yellow bedstraw (Galium verum)
* Yellow Spring bedstraw (Galium verum)
* yellow wall bedstraw (Galium murale)
* Yolla Bolly bedstraw (Galium ambiguum)

#### Translations
### See also

* strawbed

### Further reading

* Galium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Galium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Galium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* bedstraw at USDA Plants database

### Anagrams

* straw bed, straw-bed, strawbed