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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
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 obtusum ssp. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Galium obtusum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-011b:
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium filifolium
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Bedstraw
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium obtusum ssp. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Galium obtusum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-011b:
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium filifolium
4356
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC) (an endemic)
Look for it in marshes, swamps, creekbanks, alluvial 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 4 (rarely 5-6)
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!