Galium orizabense Hemsley ssp. laevicaule (Weatherby & Blake) Dempster. Common name: Bald Bedstraw, Smoothstem Bedstraw. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Mesic forests, maritime forests, swamp edges. Distribution: Se. VA south to FL, west to se. TX; West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The typic subspecies, ssp. orizabense, is distributed from Tamaulipas south through Mexico, Central America, to n. South America (Dempster 1981). Perhaps warranting specific status separate from G. orizabense.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Tn, Va, Dempster (1981); = Galium pilosum Aiton var. laevicaule Weath. & Blake — F, Tx; = n/a — C; < Galium orizabense Hemsl. — Meso4.2; < Galium pilosum Aiton — Fl5, RAB, S, WH3, WI. Basionym: Galium pilosum Aiton var. laevicaule Weath. & Blake 1916
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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