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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Rubiaceae
Galium palustre L.
common marsh bedstraw, marsh bedstraw
Galium: from Greek word gala, "milk," and alluding to the fact that certain species were used to curdle milk
palustre: "of marshes"
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| Status: | Introduced - locally established (Listed as Special Concern by WI DNR) |
| Plant: | erect to sprawling, perennial, 8"-24" tall forb; stems thin, nodes not bearded |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/8" wide, lobes sharply pointed; inflorescence an often-branched cluster with 5 or more flowers; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | smooth |
| Leaf: | whorls of 2-6, mostly linear, blunt tipped |
| Habitat: | wet |
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