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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium pilosum var. pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005:
Galium pilosum FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium pilosum
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Bedstraw
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9187
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200505_4615
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120617_061
June Spartanburg County SC
Stem square between nodes, rough when young, with hooked hairs on angles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120617_064
June Spartanburg County SC
[The Sweetgum leaf provides some scale.] Fruit 2-3mm long, 3-4mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120628_309
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120628_340
June Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm61811_25
June Spartanburg County SC
Flowers at ends of many branchlets, may be greenish-white or purplish, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm060731_026
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060731_027
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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Roxanna Martin rlm82510_113
August Spartanburg County SC
Stem square between nodes, rough when young, becoming smooth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm82510_122
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaves elliptic to weakly ovate, mucronate, pilose-hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm82510_95
August Spartanburg County SC
White to greenish-maroon flowers on pedicels & in clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm82810_44
August Spartanburg County SC
Dry, hook-bristled, spherical fruit, green maturing brown or black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgpilosumvarpuncti_buz
Month Unknown Oconee County SC
Buzzard Roost Heritage Preserve
Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium pilosum var. pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005:
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium pilosum
2031
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, prairies, coastal prairies, clearings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white/ Brownish-maroon
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown/Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p084
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p154
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p356
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p126
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p318
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p261
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p304
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p164
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