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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galium pilosum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium pilosum var. pilosum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005:
Galium pilosum FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium pilosum
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Bedstraw
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JK Marlow jkm120617_061
June Spartanburg County SC
Stem square between nodes, rough when young, with hooked hairs on angles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm120617_064
June Spartanburg County SC
[The Sweetgum leaf provides some scale.] Fruit 2-3mm long, 3-4mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Roxanna Martin rlm61811_25
June Spartanburg County SC
Flowers at ends of many branchlets, may be greenish-white or purplish, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Roxanna Martin rlm82510_113
August Spartanburg County SC
Stem square between nodes, rough when young, becoming smooth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Roxanna Martin rlm82510_122
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaves elliptic to weakly ovate, mucronate, pilose-hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Roxanna Martin rlm82510_95
August Spartanburg County SC
White to greenish-maroon flowers on pedicels & in clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Roxanna Martin rlm82810_44
August Spartanburg County SC
Dry, hook-bristled, spherical fruit, green maturing brown or black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Patrick D. McMillan pdmgpilosumvarpuncti_buz
Month Unknown Oconee County SC
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Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galium pilosum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium pilosum var. pilosum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005:
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium pilosum
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