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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Galium obtusum var. obtusum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Read more about Galium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
INCLUDING (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium obtusum ssp. australe
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Galium obtusum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-011a:
Galium obtusum var. obtusum FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium tinctorium
COMMON NAME:
Bluntleaf Bedstraw
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Galium obtusum var. obtusum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
INCLUDING (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium obtusum ssp. australe
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Galium obtusum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-011a:
Galium obtusum var. obtusum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium tinctorium
3361
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4 (rarely 5-6)
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p108
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p100?
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p352?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p164?
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