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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium lanceolatum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Read more about Lanceleaf Wild Licorice at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium lanceolatum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-003:
Galium lanceolatum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Lanceleaf Wild Licorice
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gala3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium lanceolatum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium lanceolatum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-003:
Galium lanceolatum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
3364
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Habitat: Mesic to dry hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish, becoming maroon
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Summer
Black, dry & bristly
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p154
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p355
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p126
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p164