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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium triflorum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sweet-scented Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium triflorum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-007:
Galium triflorum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gatr3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_014
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090412_041
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7068
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120617_020
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120617_022
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120617_022b
June Spartanburg County SC
Flowers in groups of 3 on long axillary and terminal peduncles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1585
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm111008_843
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm111008_849
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaves thin, 6 per node, elliptic, usually 2-3cm long and 7-10mm, mucronate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium triflorum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium triflorum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-007:
Galium triflorum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
2000
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 6
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
White/Greenish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Summer
Brown/Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p154
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p109
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p352
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p261
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p304
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p164