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Rough Bedstraw blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/9/1981).
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Jim Stasz.
Source: Wikipedia
| Rough bedstraw | |
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| Buds, flowers and seed capsules of Galium asprellum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. asprellum
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| Binomial name | |
| Galium asprellum Michx.
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Galium asprellum, the rough bedstraw, is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae. It native to eastern Canada and northeastern United States, from North Carolina and Tennessee north to Minnesota, Ontario and Newfoundland.[1] It is considered a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont, and is abundantly common in the other New England states and in sections of the Great Lakes region.[2][3] It is a perennial herb.[4] Leaves are simple with three or more leaves per node. Flowers have four petals and are white in color.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
- ^ "Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org.
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