Galium latifolium

Galium latifolium
Purple bedstraw - Galium latifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. latifolium
Binomial name
Galium latifolium
Michx. 1803 not Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don 1825

Galium latifolium, the purple bedstraw, is a North American species of plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It is native to eastern North America, primarily the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania to Alabama. There are also a few lowland populations in eastern Maryland and eastern South Carolina.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 79.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map


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