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not marked as a favorite taxon Galium lanceolatum Torrey. Common name: Lanceleaf Bedstraw, Wild-licorice. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Mesic to dry hardwood forests. Distribution: QC west to MN, south to w. NC and e. TN.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV. Basionym: Galium lanceolatum Torr. 1824

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Slender, erect to ascending perennial of moist to dry hardwood forests.

Stems: Stems wiry, often branched from base or in inflorescence, smooth with some hairiness at nodes.

Leaves: Leaves in whorls of 4, sessile to short-petiolate, elliptic to oval-lance-shaped, 1-3 in. long, with 3-5 prominent veins, margins and veins minutely hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers sparse in wide-branching terminal cluster, yellowish turning purple-maroon, 1/8 in. wide, with 4 spreading, pointed corolla lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a green-turning-black seed capsule composed of 2 round lobes covered with curved bristles and containing 1 seed per lobe.

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Height: 12-28 in.

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description: Slender, erect to ascending perennial of moist to dry hardwood forests.

stems: Stems wiry, often branched from base or in inflorescence, smooth with some hairiness at nodes.

leaves: Leaves in whorls of 4, sessile to short-petiolate, elliptic to oval-lance-shaped, 1-3 in. long, with 3-5 prominent veins, margins and veins minutely hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers sparse in wide-branching terminal cluster, yellowish turning purple-maroon, 1/8 in. wide, with 4 spreading, pointed corolla lobes.

fruits: Fruit a green-turning-black seed capsule composed of 2 round lobes covered with curved bristles and containing 1 seed per lobe.

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