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Read more about Sweet-scented Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
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 (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 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 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.