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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium aparine   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-006:

Galium aparine   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Galium aparine

 

COMMON NAME:
Cleavers, Bedstraw


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_127

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gaap2_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gaap2_009_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_353

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_galium_aparine_1271

March    Lexington County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0304d_06

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm100427_032

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm100427_035b

April    Greenville County    SC

Dry hook-bristled fruit, paired on stalks, green turning black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).


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JK Marlow    jkm100427_044

April    Greenville County    SC

Angled rough-textured stem with short recurved bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgaparine_wadakoe04

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

3-5 lobed white corolla, single or in terminal and axillary clusters, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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JK Marlow    s030421_a

April    Greenville County    SC

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Tim Spira    tpsgaparine3

April        

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JK Marlow    jkm150607_277

June    McDowell County?    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, tips sharp-pointed, surface rough, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm150607_321

June    McDowell County?    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm070702_064

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

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JK Marlow    jkm131228_509

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium aparine   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-006:
Galium aparine   FAMILY Rubiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galium aparine

 

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