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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium triflorum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-007:

Galium triflorum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Galium triflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw


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image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gatr3_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm230320_1705

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm090412_041

April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7068

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120617_020

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120617_022

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm120617_022b

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers in groups of 3 on long axillary and terminal peduncles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm210624_1585

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm111008_843

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

image of Galium triflorum, Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw

JK Marlow    jkm111008_849

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Leaves thin, 6 per node, elliptic, usually 2-3cm long and 7-10mm, mucronate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium triflorum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-007:
Galium triflorum   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

 

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2000

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry upland forests, floodplain forests, seepage swamps, old fields, disturbed areas, usually on base-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 6
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Greenish
Radially symmetrical
Sepals usually obsolete
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown/Black

 

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