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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium asprellum   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Galium asprellum

 

COMMON NAME:
Rough Bedstraw


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image of Galium asprellum, Rough Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gaas2_001_lvd

        

image of Galium asprellum, Rough Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gaas2_003_lvd

        

image of Galium asprellum, Rough Bedstraw

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 (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium asprellum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2479

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: fens, bogs, streambanks, wet meadows, usually in at least somewhat base-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 5-6
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black

 

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