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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium pedemontanum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Piedmont Crosswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cruciata pedemontana
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-010:
Galium pedemontanum FAMILY Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Crosswort, Piedmont Bedstraw
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Gill Newberry gn04_g_cruciata_pedemont2
April
The Piedmont referred to in the name is the Piedmont of southern Europe, per Weakley's Flora.
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Gill Newberry gn04_g_cruciata_pedemonta
April
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JK Marlow jkm120407_678
April Spartanburg County SC
Galium aparine, in upper right, seems large in comparison to G. pedemontanum.
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JK Marlow jkm120407_678b
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves elliptic, 5-10mm long, 2-3mm wide, acute, hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120407_684
April Spartanburg County SC
The corolla is yellow and minute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium pedemontanum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cruciata pedemontana
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-010:
Galium pedemontanum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
3362
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, grassy roadsides, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southern Europe
Uncommon (rare in NC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p210
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p164
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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