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Read more about Cleavers at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium aparine
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium aparine
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-006:
Galium aparine
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Cleavers, Bedstraw
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JK Marlow jkm100427_035b
April Greenville County SC
Dry hook-bristled fruit, paired on stalks, green turning black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
COMPARE
fruit of Galium, Geum and Sanicula species
JK Marlow jkm100427_044
April Greenville County SC
Angled rough-textured stem with short recurved bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmgaparine_wadakoe04
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
3-5 lobed white corolla, single or in terminal and axillary clusters, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm150607_277
June McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, tips sharp-pointed, surface rough, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.