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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium pilosum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Galium pilosum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Galium pilosum var. pilosum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005:

Galium pilosum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Galium pilosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Bedstraw


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image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gapi2_001_lvd

        

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm210406_9187

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm200505_4615

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120617_060

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Stems and leaves pubescent, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120617_061

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Stem square between nodes, rough when young, with hooked hairs on angles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120617_064

June    Spartanburg County    SC

[The Sweetgum leaf provides some scale.] Fruit 2-3mm long, 3-4mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120628_309

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120628_340

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

Roxanna Martin    rlm61811_25

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers at ends of many branchlets, may be greenish-white or purplish, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm060731_026

July    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm060731_027

July    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

Roxanna Martin    rlm82510_113

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Stem square between nodes, rough when young, becoming smooth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

Roxanna Martin    rlm82510_122

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves elliptic to weakly ovate, mucronate, pilose-hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

Roxanna Martin    rlm82510_95

August    Spartanburg County    SC

White to greenish-maroon flowers on pedicels & in clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

Roxanna Martin    rlm82810_44

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Dry, hook-bristled, spherical fruit, green maturing brown or black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Galium pilosum, Hairy Bedstraw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpilosumvarpuncti_buz

Month Unknown    Oconee County    SC

Buzzard Roost Heritage Preserve

Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium pilosum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium pilosum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galium pilosum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium pilosum var. pilosum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005:
Galium pilosum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium pilosum

 

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2031

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, prairies, coastal prairies, clearings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white/ Brownish-maroon
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown/Black

 

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