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not marked as a favorite taxon Galium triflorum Michaux. Common name: Sweet-scented Bedstraw. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Mesic to dry upland forests, floodplain forests, seepage swamps, old fields, disturbed areas, usually on base-rich soils. Distribution: Circumboreal, south in North America to FL and Mexico (TAM, VER).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3; > Galium triflorum Michx. var. asprelliforme Fernald — C, F, G, WV; > Galium triflorum Michx. var. triflorum — C, F, G, WV. Basionym: Galium triflorum Michx. 1803

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Sprawling, rhizomatous perennial of moist to dry upland forests, floodplain forests, seepage swamps, old fields and disturbed areas; usually on base-rich soils.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, scrambling, simple or with forking branches toward end, with downward pointing bristles on angles.

Leaves: Leaves in whorls of 6, sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped with toothed tip, to 2 1/2 in. long, smooth, with rough hairs on margins and midrib beneath; vanilla-scented.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in clusters of 1-3 on stalks from middle and upper leaf nodes; greenish-white; tiny, consisting of 4 pointy-tipped petals, 4 stamens and a bristly 2-celled ovary.

Fruits: Fruit a dry, brown or black capsule composed of 2 round lobes covered with hooked bristles and containing 1 seed per lobe.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Sprawling, rhizomatous perennial of moist to dry upland forests, floodplain forests, seepage swamps, old fields and disturbed areas; usually on base-rich soils.

stems: Stems 4-angled, scrambling, simple or with forking branches toward end, with downward pointing bristles on angles.

leaves: Leaves in whorls of 6, sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped with toothed tip, to 2 1/2 in. long, smooth, with rough hairs on margins and midrib beneath; vanilla-scented.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in clusters of 1-3 on stalks from middle and upper leaf nodes; greenish-white; tiny, consisting of 4 pointy-tipped petals, 4 stamens and a bristly 2-celled ovary.

fruits: Fruit a dry, brown or black capsule composed of 2 round lobes covered with hooked bristles and containing 1 seed per lobe.

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