OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium bermudense   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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Keith Bradley    kab_g_hispidulum_75408

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Krome Bird Refuge

image of Galium bermudense, Coastal Bedstraw

Keith Bradley    kab_g_hispidulum_75434

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Krome Bird Refuge

image of Galium bermudense, Coastal Bedstraw

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_g_hispidulum_6438

July    Currituck County    NC

image of Galium bermudense, Coastal Bedstraw

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).

image of Galium bermudense, Coastal Bedstraw

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).


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image of Galium bermudense, Coastal Bedstraw

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_g_hispidulum_6452

July    Currituck County    NC

image of Galium bermudense, Coastal Bedstraw

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3363

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: maritime forests, longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen (more or less)
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual

Usually 2 flowers per cyme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue-black

 

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