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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium boreale
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium boreale
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Northern Bedstraw
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June Stearns County MN
An erect smooth plant with linear-lanceolate leaves and bright white flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium boreale
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium boreale
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
3360
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: limestone and dolostone bluffs, outcrops, and rocky woodlands, calcareous or ultramafic (serpentine) barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p152
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p164
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