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Trichogalium

not marked as a favorite taxon Trichogalium boreale ssp. septentrionale (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) A. Haines. Common name: Northern Bedstraw. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Limestone and dolostone bluffs, outcrops, and rocky woodlands, calcareous or ultramafic (serpentine) barrens. Distribution: South in North America to n. Delaware, w. Maryland, sw. Virginia, sc. Missouri, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Galium boreale is a circumboreal complex with a diversity of chromosome numbers; the North American plant likely warrants taxonomic status separate from European Galium boreale s.s. at some rank.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Haines (2026a); = Galium boreale L. ssp. septentrionale (Roem. & Schult.) Hara — NE; < Galium boreale L. — C, FNA18, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NY, Pa, Tat, Tx, Va, ZE, Stace (2010); >< Galium boreale L. var. boreale — F, misapplied; > Galium boreale L. var. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) DC. — F; > Galium boreale L. var. intermedium DC. — F, G. Basionym: Galium septentrionale Roem. & Schult. 1818

Links to other floras: < Galium boreale - FNA18

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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