Plant Details

Accepted name:: Galium circaezans Michx. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
licorice bedstraw	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Galium boreale Walter Fl. Carol.: 85 (1788), sensu auct.
Galium brachiatum Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 15 (1813), nom. illeg.
Galium circaeoides Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 256 (1818).
Galium circaezans var. glabellum Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 303 (1894).
Galium circaezans var. glabrum Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 32 (1894).
Galium circaezans var. hypomalacum Fernald Rhodora 39: 450 (1937).
Galium circaezans var. montanum Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 24 (1841).
Galium circaezans var. typicum Fernald Rhodora 39: 450 (1937), not validly publ.
Galium rotundifolium var. circaezans (Michx.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 282 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Galium circaezans Michx.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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