3358

Forb
Perennial

Non-native: Europe

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare in NC

Look for it in meadows, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

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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

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p154
• Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p210
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p163

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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