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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Galium concinnum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium concinnum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Shining Bedstraw
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Galium concinnum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium concinnum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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
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.
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!