Plant Index
Galium obtusum var. filifolium
Galium obtusum Bigelow var. filifolium (Wiegand) Fernald
carolina bedstraw
Image ID: 14602
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: GAOBFSCIENTIFIC NAME: Galium obtusum var. filifolium
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-10-16
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: GALIUGENUS SCIENTIFIC: Galium
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Bedstraw
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 500 species, herbs, cosmopolitan. Here circumscribed to include Asperula, Cruciata, and Sherardia, following an analysis by Soza & Olmstead (2010) that shows the genera Galium, Cruciata, and Sherardia each to be paraphyletic relative to one another, if circumscribed as traditionally. Other solutions are possible, including the recognition of these genera and segregates of them, including the dispersal of Galium into two or more genera; this approach has recently been suggested by Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014). Interestingly, the number of leaves per whorl appears to be a more fundamental character than those (such as tubular corollas) used to separate genera in the past.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: The whorled “leaves” are apparently evolutionarily derived from stipules, but are nonetheless here termed “leaves”.
GENUS REFERENCES: Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014); Soza & Olmstead (2010); Puff (1976, 1977)=Z; Lipscomb & Nesom (2007)=Y; Rogers (2005); Dempster (1978, 1981).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: RUBIACFAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Rubiaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Madder Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 630-650 genera and 10,200-13,000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially diverse in tropical and subtropical areas. Subfamily and tribe classification follows Bremer & Eriksson (2009).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Bremer & Eriksson (2009); Rogers (1987, 2005).
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NATIVE RANGE: southeastern United States
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GRIM ACCESSIONS
| acc_id | acc_num | acc_dt | coll_id | Action |
| 4275 | 1992-0431 | View | ||
| 5401 | 1995-0523 | View | ||
| 6112 | 1995-1243 | View |
GRIM PLANTINGS
| plt_num | acc_id | loc_num | pers_num | inst_dt | Action |
| 6603 | 4275 | 200 | NCBG staff | 1993-03-01 | View |
| 7899 | 5401 | 203 | NCBG staff | 1992-01-01 | View |
| 8767 | 6112 | 2 | NCBG staff | 0000-00-00 | View |
USDA PLANTS DATABASE
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WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Galium obtusum var. filifoliumCOMMON NAME: Carolina Bedstraw
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, RAB, W; < G. obtusum - GW, Va; = G. obtusum ssp. filifolium (Wiegand) Puff - K1, K2, WH3, Z; = G. filifolium (Wiegand) Small - S]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-May.
HABITAT: Marshes, swamps, creekbanks, alluvial forests.
COMMENTS: S. NJ south to c. GA, primarily on the Coastal Plain.
RANGE MAP: Galium obtusum var. filifolium.png
Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Rubiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Madder Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 630-650 genera and 10,200-13,000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially diverse in tropical and subtropical areas. Subfamily and tribe classification follows Bremer & Eriksson (2009).
REFERENCE: Bremer & Eriksson (2009); Rogers (1987, 2005).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Galium L. (Bedstraw)
SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 500 species, herbs, cosmopolitan. Here circumscribed to include Asperula, Cruciata, and Sherardia, following an analysis by Soza & Olmstead (2010) that shows the genera Galium, Cruciata, and Sherardia each to be paraphyletic relative to one another, if circumscribed as traditionally. Other solutions are possible, including the recognition of these genera and segregates of them, including the dispersal of Galium into two or more genera; this approach has recently been suggested by Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014). Interestingly, the number of leaves per whorl appears to be a more fundamental character than those (such as tubular corollas) used to separate genera in the past.
REFERENCE: Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014); Soza & Olmstead (2010); Puff (1976, 1977)=Z; Lipscomb & Nesom (2007)=Y; Rogers (2005); Dempster (1978, 1981).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Galium obtusum var. filifolium in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)UNC SERNEC: Find Galium obtusum var. filifolium in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
WEB RESOURCES
USDA: Find Galium obtusum var. filifolium in USDA PlantsNPIN: Find Galium obtusum var. filifolium in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Galium obtusum var. filifolium in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Galium obtusum var. filifolium
IMAGE USE RECORDS
ID IMAGE: 14602 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)ID IMAGE1: 14602 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 14603 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)
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