PLANTS Profile for Galium latifolium (purple bedstraw)

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PLANTS Profile

Galium latifolium Michx.
purple bedstraw

Symbol:

GALA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Galium latifolium Michx.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 262. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Galium latifolium Michx.

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Synonyms:
Galium latifolium Michx.

	GALAH	Galium latifolium Michx. var. hispidifolium Small ex Britton
	GALAH2	Galium latifolium Michx. var. hispidum Small

Distribution:
Galium latifolium Michx.


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USA (AL, GA, KY, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Galium latifolium Michx.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 84 species in Galium

Classification:
Galium latifolium Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Galium L. – bedstraw
Species	Galium latifolium Michx. – purple bedstraw

More Accounts and Images:
Galium latifolium Michx.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34883.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 07:21 AM MST