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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Galium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora Mesoamericana
Galium orizabense
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005?:
Galium pilosum FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Galium pilosum var. laevicaule
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium pilosum
COMMON NAME:
Bald Bedstraw, Smoothstem Bedstraw
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora Mesoamericana
Galium orizabense
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005?:
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Galium pilosum var. laevicaule
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium pilosum
4355
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests, maritime forests, swamp edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
???
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown/Black?
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