NameThatPlant.net: Galium verum

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium verum FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-009:

Galium verum FAMILY Rubiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Bedstraw, Our Lady's Bedstraw

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image of Galium verum, Yellow Bedstraw, Our Lady's Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gave_001_lvd

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium verum FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-009:
Galium verum FAMILY Rubiaceae

3358

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Meadows, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare in NC

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 8-12
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Golden yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black

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