Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Galium L.

Origin: native & introduced

Common names:

Bedstraw (1818-Present) (1, 2, 4, 10, 50, 82, 93, 109, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Beggar's-lice [Beggar lice] (1896, Southwest MO) (76)

Cleavers (1818-1986) (2, 4, 10, 76, 93, 156, 158)

Clivers (1895) (2)

Lady's bedstraw [Ladies bedstraw] (1949, from legend that Mother of Jesus rested on hay containing on of the species) (109)

Robin-run-ahead (1896, Sulphur Grove OH) (76)