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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Rubiaceae
Galium obtusum Bigelow subsp. obtusum
blunt-leaf bedstraw, wild madder
Galium: from Greek word gala, "milk," and alluding to the fact that certain species were used to curdle milk
obtusum: from Latin obtus meaning "dull or blunt"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to matting, perennial, 8"-32" tall forb, many branches throughout; stems smooth except for the densely bearded nodes |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/8" wide, lobes longer than wide; inflorescence a short, mostly terminal, 1-2 times-branched cluster of 3-5 flowers; blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | smooth |
| Leaf: | main leaves in whorls of 4, mostly blunt tipped, more than 1/10" wide |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; swamps, thickets, meadows |
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