bedstraw
/ˈbɛdstrɔ/
noun
A herbaceous plant with small, lightly perfumed, white or yellow flowers and whorls of slender leaves. It was formerly used for stuffing mattresses.
Wildflowers: fire pink, several kinds of blue violets, pink and yellow lady’s slippers, goldenrod, blue-stem goldenrod, blue asters, and bedstraws.
