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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium tinctorium +
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Stiff Marsh Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium tinctorium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-012:
Galium tinctorium FAMILY Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium claytonii
COMMON NAME:
Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gacl3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gati_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gati_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140601_323
May Greenville County SC
Furman University
Leaves usually 5-6 per node, rarely 4, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgtinctorium_moultrie1
May Berkeley County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140604_037
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140604_039
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
The only Bedstraw in the southern mtns with 3-lobed flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium tinctorium +
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium tinctorium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-012:
Galium tinctorium
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium claytonii
591
Forb
Perennial
Look for it in swamps, marshes, & ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common, uncommon, or rare - depending on variety & region
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 5-6 (rarely 4)
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
3-4 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p126
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p109
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p100
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p352
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p164
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p177
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