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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium verum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Read more about Yellow Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium verum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-009:
Galium verum FAMILY Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Bedstraw, Our Lady's Bedstraw
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gave_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium verum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium verum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-009:
Galium verum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
3358
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Meadows, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 8-12
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Golden yellow
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p154
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p210
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p163
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