Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Galium tinctorium L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Asperula tinctoria L., Galium claytonii Michx., Galium obtusum Bigelow var. floridanum (Wiegand) Fern., Galium tinctorium L. ssp. floridanum (Wiegand) Puff, Galium tinctorium L. var. diversifolium W. Wight, Galium tinctorium L. var. floridanum Wiegand, Galium trifidum L. ssp. tinctorium (L.) Hara, Galium trifidum L. var. tinctorium (L.) Torr. & Gray, Galium uliginoso

Common names:

Clayton's bedstraw, Claytons bedstraw (1913-1942) (5, 155)

Dye bedstraw (1942) (155)

Dyer's-cleavers [Dyer's cleavers, Dyers' cleavers] (1840-1929) (19, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Dyer's-woodruff [Dyers woodruff] (1942-1949) (109, 155)

Smaller wild madder (1900?-1929) (157, 158)

Stiff marsh bedstraw (stiff marsh-bedstraw) (1907-Present) (5, 50, 72, 93, 97, 122, 156)

Wild madder (1840-1932) (5, 19, 85, 131, 156)