Galium concinnum
| shining bedstraw | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. concinnum |
| Binomial name | |
| Galium concinnum Torr. & A.Gray | |
Galium concinnum, the shining bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae.[1] It is native to the Midwestern United States and central Canada, especially the Great Lakes Region and the Valleys of the Ohio, lower Missouri, and upper Mississippi Rivers. The range extends from eastern Oklahoma to eastern Nebraska, north to Ontario and east to Virginia and New York.[2] It is reportedly naturalized in Utah and considered a noxious weed in Pennsylvania.[3][4]
Galium concinnum is a reclining, profusely branched herb with narrow linear leaves in whorls of 6. Flowers are small but numerous, white.[1][5][6]
References
- 1 2 Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1841. Flora of North America 2(1): 23
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Galium concinnum
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, Galium concinnum
- ↑ USDA plants profile, Galium concinnum
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri, Galium concinnum
- Minnesota Wildflowers, shining bedstraw, Galium concinnum
- Illinois Wildflowers, shining bedstraw, Galium concinnum
- Altervista Photo Gallery, line drawing of Galium concinnum
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