Galium obtusum
| bluntleaf bedstraw | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. obtusum |
| Binomial name | |
| Galium obtusum Bigelow | |
Galium obtusum, bluntleaf bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is widespread across eastern North America from Texas and Florida north to Minnesota, Ontario and Nova Scotia. It is classed as a noxious weed in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
- Galium obtusum subsp. filifolium (Wiegand) Puff - New Jersey to Georgia
- Galium obtusum subsp. obtusum
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Project
- ↑ Bigelow, Jacob. 1824. Florula Bostoniensis, ed. 2, p 55
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Scoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
- ↑ Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
External links
- USDA plants profile, bluntleaf bedstraw
- Minnesota Wildflowers
- Illinois Wildflowers
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- Discover Life
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- Southeastern Flora
- Delaware Wildflowers
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