Galium obtusum

bluntleaf bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species: G. obtusum
Binomial name
Galium obtusum
Bigelow

Galium obtusum, bluntleaf bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is widespread across eastern North America from Texas and Florida north to Minnesota, Ontario and Nova Scotia. It is classed as a noxious weed in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Biota of North America Project
  3. Bigelow, Jacob. 1824. Florula Bostoniensis, ed. 2, p 55
  4. Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
  5. Scoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
  6. Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.

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