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Read more about Coastal Bedstraw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galium bermudense
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium hispidulum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-001:
Galium hispidulum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Galium bermudense
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Bedstraw
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Keith Bradley kab_g_hispidulum_75408
June Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
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Keith Bradley kab_g_hispidulum_75434
June Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6438
July Currituck County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6443
July Currituck County NC
Lvs in whorls of 4, blades elliptic, firm, persistently green into winter, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6443b
July Currituck County NC
Fruit purple [when ripe], smooth, juicy when fresh, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
COMPARE
fruit of Galium, Geum and Sanicula species
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6452
July Currituck County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_hispidulum_6452b
July Currituck County NC
Corolla white, usually two flowers per cyme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.