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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rough Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-014:
Galium asprellum FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium asprellum
COMMON NAME:
Rough Bedstraw
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gaas2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gaas2_003_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgasprellum_lvl
June Avery County NC
Leaves in whorls of 6. Principal leaves narrowly elliptic, up to 0.75" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-014:
Galium asprellum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium asprellum
2479
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: fens, bogs, streambanks, wet meadows, usually in at least somewhat base-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 5-6
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p152
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p352
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p163
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