Galium obtusum Bigelow var. obtusum . Common name: Bluntleaf Bedstraw. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Marshes, swamps. Distribution: NS west to SD, south to FL and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: "Ssp. australe Puff", cited in Kartesz (1999) and allegedly endemic to GA, was never published and is no longer considered a useful entity by its potential author (Puff, pers. comm. 2004).
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, RAB, Tat, W; = Galium obtusum Bigelow ssp. obtusum — K4, Mo3, NE; = Galium tinctorium L. — S, misapplied; < Galium obtusum Bigelow — Ar, GW2, Il, Mi, NcTx, Pa, Tn, Tx, Va, WV; > Galium obtusum Bigelow ssp. australe Puff — Puff (1976), not validly published; > Galium obtusum Bigelow ssp. obtusum — NY, Puff (1976), Puff (1977); > Galium obtusum Bigelow var. obtusum — G, GrPl; > Galium obtusum Bigelow var. ramosum Gleason — G, GrPl
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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