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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rough Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-014:
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Rough Bedstraw
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gaas2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gaas2_003_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgasprellum_lvl
June Avery County NC
Leaves in whorls of 6. Principal leaves narrowly elliptic, up to 0.75" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-014:
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
2479
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Uncommon
Look for it in bogs, streambanks, wet meadows, 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.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 5-6
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p152
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p352
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p163