Galium verum - Lady's bedstraw

Lady’s bedstraw (Galium verum) is a perennial herb of most of Europe east to western Asia, used as a dye plant, a coffe substitute and a plant-milk curdling agent, and formerly as a strewing herb.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹

Footnotes

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