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Three-petal Bedstraw
Galium trifidum
Field notes
Galium trifidum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, known by the common name three-petal bedstraw. It grows widespread in the arctic, temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere: northern and central Asia (Siberia, the Russian Far East, China, Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan), northern and eastern Europe (Scandinavia, France, Austria, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Baltic states) and much of North America (from Greenland and the Aleutians as far south as Oaxaca and Hispaniola).
Galium trifidum is a usually perennial herb forming tangles of thin stems up to half a meter long, ringed with whorls of several linear to oval leaves. The inflorescence is a cluster of small white or pinkish flowers, each with usually three petal-like lobes in its corolla.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it


Bedstraw Hawkmoth, Gem Moth, Common Tan Wave, White-lined Sphinx 14
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Liriomyza galiivora
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it



Fleahopper, Wild Turkey, American Coot, High Mountain Grasshopper
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors



Dusky-banded Leafwalker, Shuckard's Wasp, Margined Calligrapher, Ligated Furrow Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Vines
- Light
- Part shade
- Water use
- High
- Plant type
- Perennial Vine Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.