Galium circaezans Michx.
Licorice bedstraw, wild white licorice, forest bedstraw
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10/16/2016 · Monument Mountain, Great Barrington, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 17 cm) 
10/16/2016 · Monument Mountain, Great Barrington, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 6″ (20 × 16 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Gentianales | Gentians, coffee, gardenias, frangipani, many others |
| Family | Rubiaceae | Coffee, madder, and bedstraw family |
| Genus | Galium | From Greek gala, “milk,” because some Galium species were used to curdle milk |
| Species | circaezans |
Galium circaezans description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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