Galium pilosum, the hairy bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae.William Aiton. 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 145 It is native to the southern and eastern United States and Canada from Texas to Florida north to Kansas, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and New Hampshire. There are also isolated populations in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Hispaniola. The plant is classified as a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Galium pilosum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections2
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK3★rbcL4★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualGalium pilosum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km
≤100 m 384≤1 km 49≤10 km 13>10 km 132
578 georeferenced · 138 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor716
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 62≤1 km 226≤10 km 462>10 km 83
833 georeferenced · 623 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 456
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions68 of 106 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Philadelphia, US
219
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
93
Bronx, US
83
Saint Louis, US
71
Wuzhou, CN
61
Williamsburg, US
49
Bloomington, US
47
Austin, US
47
Fort Worth, US
46
Bangkok, TH
44
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
40
New Haven, US
35
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
35
Tampa, US
34
Ann Arbor, US
32
Jackson, US
25
BAYLUlocation not on record
25
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
25
Tuscaloosa, US
21
Allentown, US
19
Columbia, US
18
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
18
Chapel Hill, US
16
Burlington, US
15
College Park, US
13
AUAlocation not on record
13
Miami, US
12
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
12
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
12
Pittsburg, US
11
Knoxville, US
10
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
10
US
10
Norfolk, US
9
Fayetteville, US
8
GAlocation not on record
8
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
6
Staten Island, US
6
Emporia, US
6
Provo, US
5
Little Rock, US
5
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
4
Millersville, US
4
Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
Springfield, US
4
Clemson, US
4
Tempe, US
4
Fredericksburg, US
4
Mississippi State, US
4
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Washington, US
3
Chicago, US
3
Asheville, US
3
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
3
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
3
Conway, US
3
Dekalb, US
2
Phoenix, US
2
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record
2
Wuhan, CN
2
Jefferson City, US
2
Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record
2
Richmond, US
2
Davenport, US
2
Johnson City, US
2
Boise, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Fairfax, US
2
DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record
2
New Brunswick, US
2
Dover, US
2
Conway, US
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
LINUlocation not on record
2
Durango, MX
2
Stephenville, US
1
Columbus State Universitylocation not on record
1
Lubbock, US
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
1
Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record
1
Russellville, US
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Kingston, US
1
Hudson, US
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
Madison, US
1
Porrentruy, CH
1
Minia, EG
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
Denton, US
1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
1
GB
1
106 institutions · 1 404 of 1 456 vouchered records shown · 52 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Galium pilosum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median21.4 °C 17.8–24.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.8 °C
Max temp (day)26.2 °C 21.9–30.4
Min temp (night)17.9 °C 15.2–20.5
Precipitation106 mm/mo 104–109
Air humidity59.9 % 59.7–60.1
Moisture balance-29.1 mm/mo -60.9–2.70
Vapour deficit1,057 Pa 830–1,284
Wind speed3.10 m/s 3.00–3.20
Cloud cover39.5 % 33.5–45.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 172 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗