Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Galium verum L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Galium luteum Lam.

Common names:

Bedflower [Bed-flower] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156, 158)

Bedstraw (1828-1932) (5, 7)

Brum (1900?) (158)

Caillelait commune (1828, French) (7)

Caille-lait jaune (1900?, French) (158)

Cheese-rennet [Cheese rennet] (1900?-1923) (107, 156, 158)

Clabber-grass [Clabbergrass] (1828) (7)

Cleavewort (1828) (7)

Common cleavers (1828) (7)

Cuajaloche (1900?, Spanish) (158)

Curdwort [Curd-wort] (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Fleawort [Flea-wort] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156, 158)

Goose-grass [Goose grass] (1828) (7)

Gravel grass [Gravel-grass] (1828) (7)

Hundred-fold (1878) (108)

Keeslip (1900?) (158)

Labkraut (1900?) (158)

Lady's-bedstraw [Lady's bedstraw, Ladies' bedstraw] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Lady's-cleavers [Ladies' cleavers] (1900?) (158)

Liebfrauenstroh (1900?, German) (158)

Maid's-hair [Maids' hair, Maid's hair] (1898-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (92, 156, 158)

Megerkraut (1900?, German) (158)

Milk-sweet [Milk sweet] (1828) (7)

Our Lady's bedstraw (1900?) (158)

Poor-robin [Poor robin] (1828) (7)

Runnet (1900?) (158)

Savoyan (1828, Canada) (7)

Yellow bedstraw (1770-1986) (3, 4, 19, 41, 49, 85, 92, 107, 109, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Yellow cleavers (1876?-1923) (92, 156, 158)

Yellow Spring bedstraw (Present) (50)