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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Galium aparine
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cleavers at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gaap2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gaap2_009_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_galium_aparine_1271
March Lexington County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0304d_06
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100427_032
April Greenville County SC
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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
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow s030421_a
April Greenville County SC
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Tim Spira tpsgaparine3
April
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm150607_321
June McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm070702_064
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
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JK Marlow jkm131228_509
December Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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
587
Forb
Winter annual
Native & non-native
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in meadows, thickets, disturbed areas, 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.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 6-8
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown/Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p084
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p016
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p152
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p107
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p100
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p352
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p237
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p261
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p304
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p376
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p163
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p176