Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains
48. Rubiaceae, the Madder Family
1. Galium L. -- Bedstraw1. Galium labradoricum (Wieg.) Wieg. -- Labrador bedstraw
Stems 1-3 dm long, simple or branched above, pubescent only at the nodes, smooth or scaberulous on the angles. Leaves in whorls of 4, soon recurved or deflexed, linear-oblanceolate, 8-15 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, hispidulous on the margins, smooth on the midvein or mostly so, blunt-tipped, tapered to the base. Inflorescences few, mostly terminal, 3-flowered, soon overtopped by ascending lateral branches. Corolla lobes 4, 1-1.5 mm long, acute. Fruit segments black, 1-1.5 mm in diameter; fruiting pedicels 1-2.5(4) mm long. Jun--Jul. Bogs, fens and swamps; rare, nc and se ND and e SD; (Newf. and Labr. to Alta., s to PA, OH, IL, MN and e SD).
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