OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

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



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

 

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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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