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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Rubiaceae
Galium verum L.
yellow bedstraw, yellow spring bedstraw
Galium: from Greek word gala, "milk," and alluding to the fact that certain species were used to curdle milk
verum: true
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-2' tall forb; stems clustered, 4 rounded angles, usually finely fuzzy |
| Flower: | yellow, 4-parted; inflorescence a showy, large, branched cluster (cyme-like panicle); blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | smooth |
| Leaf: | whorls of 8-12, linear, sharply pointed |
| Habitat: | dry; disturbed |
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