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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Read more about Galium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium obtusum ssp. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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) 173-10-011b:
Galium obtusum var. filifolium FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium filifolium
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Bedstraw
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium obtusum ssp. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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) 173-10-011b:
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium filifolium
4356
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamps, creekbanks, alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolinas (uncommon to rare in GA)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4 (rarely 5-6)
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Black
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