Galium asprellum

Classification	Dicots
Family	Rubiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Galium
Species:	Galium asprellum Michx.
Common Name	Rough Bedstraw
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[S1] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Galium micranthum	Galium micranthum

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Powell (KY), DeKalb (TN), Hamilton (TN), Johnson (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1952 - 1998

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
HTTU015521	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Galium asprellum
HTTU015516	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Galium asprellum
TENN-V-0204369	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Galium asprellum
TENN-V-0204364	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Galium asprellum
TENN-V-0204366	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Galium asprellum
MTSU017847	Rutherford	Tennessee	25 Apr 1998	Stephan Hannah	MTSU Galium asprellum
31234100657103	Johnson	Tennessee	29 Jun 1979	B. Eugene Wofford 79-122	EKY Galium asprellum
TENN-V-0204368	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Galium asprellum
HTTU015518	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Galium asprellum
MTSU017848	Rutherford	Tennessee	01 Apr 1985	Fred Hardy 48	MTSU Galium asprellum
UCHT027009	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Galium asprellum
31234100657087	Powell	Kentucky	18 Sep 1988	R. C. Clark 22091	EKY Galium asprellum
APSC0004259	Johnson	Tennessee	26 Jul 1952	FH Barclay 108 B	APSC Galium asprellum
ETSU008773	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Galium asprellum
TENN-V-0204365	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Galium asprellum
TENN-V-0204367	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Galium asprellum
HTTU015520	DeKalb	Tennessee			HTTU Galium asprellum
HTTU015517	DeKalb	Tennessee			HTTU Galium asprellum

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Galium asprellum

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