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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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
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
COMMON NAME:
Bald Bedstraw, Smoothstem Bedstraw
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium orizabense ssp. laevicaule
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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
4355
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in mesic forests, maritime forests, swamp edges, 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 4
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
???
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown/Black?
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!