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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Rubiaceae
Galium asprellum Michx.
rough bedstraw
Galium: from Greek word gala, "milk," and alluding to the fact that certain species were used to curdle milk
asprellum: somewhat rough
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to sprawling, perennial forb with many branches, spreading to 7'; stems prickly-rough on the 4-angles; from creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/8" wide; inflorescence less than 3/4" wide, branching 1-3 times, with a few flowers both terminal and from the upper leaf axils; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | smooth |
| Leaf: | main stem with whorls of 6 rough leaves, 4 or 5 on the branches; elliptical to lance-like, usually widest above the middle, sharply pointed |
| Habitat: | wet; woods, thickets |
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