OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

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

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

Galium lanceolatum

 

COMMON NAME:
 Lanceleaf Wild Licorice, Lanceleaf Bedstraw, Wild-licorice

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image of Galium lanceolatum, Lanceleaf Wild Licorice, Lanceleaf Bedstraw, Wild-licorice

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gala3_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3364

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish, becoming maroon
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Black, dry & bristly

 

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