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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Coffees, Bedstraws, and Allies
  7. Bedstraws
  8. Platygalium
  9. Licorice Bedstraw

species 10,055 observations

Licorice Bedstraw

Galium circaezans

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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47 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Bedstraw Hawkmoth, Gem Moth, Common Tan Wave, White-lined Sphinx 10
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Liriomyza galiivora 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Fleahopper, Wild Turkey, American Coot, Plant Bug 8
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Goldenrod Crab Spider, Northern Arches, Bald-faced Hornet, Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 28

Children

  • Licorice Bedstraw
  • Hairy Wild Licorice

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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