Definition of Northern bedstraw

1. Noun. North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental.

Exact synonyms: Galium Boreale, Northern Snow Bedstraw
Generic synonyms: Bedstraw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northern Bedstraw

Northern Irishman
Northern Lights
Northern Mariana Islander
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Marianas
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Sami
Northern Sea Route
Northern Snakehead
Northern Spy
Northern State
Northern States
Northern Territory
Northern Thai
Northern Wakashan
Northern bedstraw
Northern blot
Northern blot analysis
Northern dewberry
Northern lobster
Northern snow bedstraw
Northerner
Northman
Northmen
Northrop
Northrop Frye
Northumberland
Northumbria
Northumbrian
Northumbrians

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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