NameThatPlant.net: Galium circaezans

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Galium circaezans FAMILY Rubiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Forest Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium circaezans FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-004:

Galium circaezans FAMILY Rubiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Forest Bedstraw, Licorice Bedstraw

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Galium circaezans FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium circaezans FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-004:
Galium circaezans FAMILY Rubiaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black

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