PLANTS Profile for Galium mollugo (false baby's breath)

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PLANTS Profile

Galium mollugo L.
false baby's breath

Symbol:

GAMO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 263. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Galium mollugo L.

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Synonyms:
Galium mollugo L.

	GAER3	Galium erectum Huds.
	GAMOE	Galium mollugo L. ssp. erectum (Huds.) Briq.
	GAMOE2	Galium mollugo L. var. erectum (Huds.) Domin

Distribution:
Galium mollugo L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Galium mollugo L.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 84 species in Galium

Classification:
Galium mollugo L.

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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 mollugo L. – false baby's breath

Introduced Information:
Galium mollugo L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Galium mollugo L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34891.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 02:36 PM CDT