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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium album
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Reported from ne. United States, and very possibly in our area, but hidden under a broad interpretation of G. mollugo, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium album
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galium mollugo
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Galium album
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium mollugo
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-015?:
Galium mollugo FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Galium mollugo var. erectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Galium erectum
COMMON NAME:
white bedstraw
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_355
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium album
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium album
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galium mollugo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Galium album
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galium mollugo
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-015?:
Galium mollugo
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Galium mollugo var. erectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Galium erectum
3884
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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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 5-8
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Dark brown
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