Galium pilosum

Hairy bedstraw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. pilosum
Binomial name
Galium pilosum

Galium pilosum, the hairy bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae.[1] It is native to the southern and eastern United States and Canada from Texas to Florida north to Kansas, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and New Hampshire. There are also isolated populations in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Hispaniola. The plant is classified as a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut.[2][3]

G. pilosum may reach between 3 and 8 decimeters (approximately 11.8 to 31.5 inches) in height. Leaves have a whorled arrangement and range in length between 1 and 2.5 centimeters long and 6 to 12 millimeters wide. Flowers are greenish, white, or maroon.[4]

It has been observed in habitats such as longleaf pine savannas, wet flatwoods, and in cabbage palm hammocks.[5]

References

  1. ^ William Aiton. 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 145
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program
  4. ^ Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 984-6. Print.
  5. ^ Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [1] . Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Cecil R Slaughter, Gil Nelson, W. H. Lewis, R. A. Norris, R. F. Doren, Chris Cooksey, R. Komarek, M. Davis, Lisa Keppner, Thomas E. Miller, C. Jackson, Gwynn W. Ramsey, R. S. Mitchell, H. Larry Stripling, Mabel Kral, and Wilson Baker. States and Counties: Florida: Citrus, Clay, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Jackson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.


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