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| Life form: |
| Perennial |
| Stems: |
| Height 20-80 cm, erect, branched, 4-angled |
| Leaves: |
| whorled in fours, stalkless, hairless or rough, lanceolate or nearly linear, blunt to pointed with minutely rounded tip |
| Inflorescence: |
| Branched, terminal, rather showy, repeatedly 3-forked clusters |
| Flowers: |
| Hermaphrodite; corollas white or slightly creamy, 3.5-7
mm wide, with 4 spreading lobes which are separate almost to the base |
| Flowering Period: |
| July, August, September |
| Fruits: |
| Pairs of nutlets, about 2 mm long, softly hairy
with short, straight or curled, but not hooked, hairs that are
inconspicuous to the naked eye, or hairless. |
| Habitat: |
| Forests, thicket, coast, pasture land, meadows |
| Distribution: |
| Througout the country |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Galium from Greek word gala, "milk," and alluding to the fact that certain species were used to curdle milk.
boreale, Northern.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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