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§1 Plant

Galium obtusum Bigelow ssp. filifolium (Wiegand) Puff

vernacular bluntleaf bedstraw — subspecies · Rubiaceae


USDA
GAOBF2
GBIF
2913476
Rank
subspecies
bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum ssp. filifolium)
Platephotograph · Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rubiaceae Juss.
Genus
Galium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 78 counties across 5 states/territories
Legend Native · 78 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 78 counties across 5 states/territories.

Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 1 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 29 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 12 N
Virginia view state ↗ 35 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/GAOBF2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2913476 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

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