3359

Forb
Perennial

Native north of the Carolinas

Documented growing wild in - - -

Uncommon

Look for it in mesic to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 6 (mostly)
Margins entire

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p152
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p164

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Galium concinnum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium concinnum   FAMILY Rubiaceae