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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium mollugo   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-015:

Galium mollugo   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Galium mollugo var. mollugo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Galium mollugo

 

COMMON NAME:
False Baby's Breath, Smooth Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw, Wild Madder


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image of Galium mollugo, False Baby's Breath, Smooth Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw, Wild Madder

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gamo_001_lvd

        

image of Galium mollugo, False Baby's Breath, Smooth Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw, Wild Madder

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_355

        

image of Galium mollugo, False Baby's Breath, Smooth Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw, Wild Madder

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgmollugo_rm

Month Unknown        NC-TN

The Roan Highlands

Flowers in a loose forked panicle. The plant erect and without prickles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium mollugo   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-015:
Galium mollugo   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Galium mollugo var. mollugo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Galium mollugo

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2480

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 5-8
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Dark brown

 

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