Common Name -  Bedstraw, Northern
	Scientific Name - Galium boreale
	Family Name -  Madder (Rubiaceae)
Season	Perennial, late spring to early summer
Habitat	fields, roadsides
Flower	White, regular, small, numerous, form clusters at the top of each stem. Petals (4) are fused at their base to form a tube.
Leaves	Simple, entire, narrow (1 to 2 inches long) with a pointed tip. Leaves (4) are attached as a whorl to a square stem.
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