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 tinctorium +   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Galium tinctorium +, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gacl3_001_lvd

        

image of Galium tinctorium +, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gati_001_lvd

        

image of Galium tinctorium +, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gati_004_lvd

        

image of Galium tinctorium +, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw

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).

image of Galium tinctorium +, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgtinctorium_moultrie1

May    Berkeley County    SC

image of Galium tinctorium +, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm140604_037

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

image of Galium tinctorium +, Stiff Marsh Bedstraw, Dye Bedstraw, Three-lobed Bedstraw

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

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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

 

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