About Galium sylvaticum L.
Galium sylvaticum, commonly called wood bedstraw or Scotch mist, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae family. The genus name Galium comes from the Greek word for "milk"; this name references that some species in the genus have been used to curdle milk. This species is native to central Europe, including France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia, and the smaller countries located between these areas. It has also become naturalized in scattered locations across North America, specifically in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. It typically grows in anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed) habitats, forest edges, meadows, and fields. It is a perennial branching herb with thin stems. Its leaves grow in whorls of six, and each leaf is narrowly linear. Its flowers are white with four petals, arranged in open terminal panicles.
