It is widespread in northern Europe (Scandinavia, Switzerland, Russia, Baltic States), eastern Asia (Kamchatka, Japan, Korea, Guizhou, Sichuan), the Middle East and Indian subcontinent (parts of North India and Nepal), and North America (from Alaska and Greenland south to Veracruz).

[1] The plant is considered a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

[2] Galium triflorum grows on the forest floor, spreading vegetatively by means of stolons.

It has whorled leaves and single fruiting peduncles rising above basal rosettes.

The entire vine does not feel very coarse, but it is rough enough to stick to clothing.