OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Galium obtusum ssp. "australe"

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Galium obtusum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-011a:

Galium obtusum var. obtusum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Galium tinctorium

 

COMMON NAME:
 Bluntleaf Bedstraw

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
 Galium obtusum ssp. "australe"

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
 Galium obtusum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-011a:
 Galium obtusum var. obtusum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Galium tinctorium

 

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3361

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4 (rarely 5-6)
Margins entire

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

FRUIT:
Spring
Black

 

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