PLANTS Profile for Galium obtusum (bluntleaf bedstraw)

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Galium obtusum Bigelow
bluntleaf bedstraw

Symbol:

GAOB

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Galium obtusum Bigelow

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Distribution:
Galium obtusum Bigelow


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Galium obtusum Bigelow

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 84 species in Galium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Galium obtusum Bigelow ssp. australe Puff. .

Galium obtusum ssp. australe
bluntleaf bedstraw

Distribution of Galium obtusum Bigelow ssp. filifolium (Wiegand) Puff. .

Galium obtusum ssp. filifolium
bluntleaf bedstraw

Distribution of Galium obtusum Bigelow ssp. obtusum. .

Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
bluntleaf bedstraw

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Galium obtusum Bigelow

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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 obtusum Bigelow – bluntleaf bedstraw

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Galium obtusum Bigelow

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
blunt-leaved bedstraw		Possibly Extirpated
New Hampshire:
Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum
large marsh bedstraw		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Galium obtusum Bigelow

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,OBL

FACW+

FACW-

FACW+

OBL

FACW

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Galium obtusum Bigelow

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34802.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:35 PM CST