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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium bermudense
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coastal Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This species has long been generally known as G. hispidulum Michaux, but G. bermudense Linnaeus has priority and that name has been clearly established to apply to this species..., per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium hispidulum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-001:
Galium hispidulum FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium bermudense
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Bedstraw
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6443
July Currituck County NC
Lvs in whorls of 4, blades elliptic, firm, persistently green into winter, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6443b
July Currituck County NC
Fruit purple [when ripe], smooth, juicy when fresh, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
COMPARE fruit of Galium, Geum and Sanicula species
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6452b
July Currituck County NC
Corolla white, usually two flowers per cyme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium bermudense
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium hispidulum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-001:
Galium hispidulum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium bermudense
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