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Definition of Northern bedstraw
1. Noun. North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northern Bedstraw
Literary usage of Northern bedstraw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"The northern bedstraw may be distinguished by the fact that its tiny narrow leaves
grow in circles of four round the stems. It is a plant bearing many small ..."
2. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"northern bedstraw Galium boreale. Madder Family Stems: smooth, branched, leafy.
... The northern bedstraw may be distinguished by the fact that its tiny ..."
3. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"Flowers: in terminal panicles, dense, many-flowered in small compact cymes.
Fruit: hispid. The northern bedstraw may be distinguished by the fact that its ..."
4. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"northern bedstraw GALIUM BOREALE L. Dr. Messler (Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 1896,
123), reports this species as "common on the southern edge of Lake Maxinkuckee. ..."
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