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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium latifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium latifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-008:
Galium latifolium FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium latifolium
COMMON NAME:
Purple Bedstraw, Wideleaf Bedstraw
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gala4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140627_413c
June Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Sepals usually obsolete. Corolla maroon, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140627_418
June Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Leaf margins and veins hispidulous [minutely rough with firm stiff hairs], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150621_348
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
Ovate-lanceolate leaves tapering to a sharp point at the end, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm200613_5838
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
Flowers purple, on pedicels, usually in complex inflorescences, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9780
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
An erect, branched plant with leaves up to 2-1/4" long and 1/2-3/4" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9782
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm220715_9117
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120830_203
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm180825_4174
August Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0551
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Fruits smooth, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium latifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium latifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-008:
Galium latifolium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium latifolium
589
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Brownish-maroon/ Purplish
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown, dry & smooth
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p356
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p318
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p164
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