Galium mollugo

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRubiaceae
Family (Traditional)Rubiaceae
GenusGalium
Species:Galium mollugo L.
Common NameSmooth Bedstraw; False Babys Breath
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; 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; Petal Number: 4; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Bracken (KY), Campbell (KY), Carroll (KY), Harrison (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Lewis (KY), Madison (KY), Trimble (KY), Carter (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Hawkins (TN), Johnson (TN), Lewis (TN), Morgan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, TENN, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1981 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 22 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Galium mollugo
31973000015696 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Galium mollugo
31973000015695 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Galium mollugo
31973000015697 Trimble Kentucky
KNK
Galium mollugo
31973000004053 Campbell Kentucky 21 Jul 2013 Whitson, Maggie (Mary)
2013-0015 1/4
KNK
Galium mollugo
31973000015693 Carroll Kentucky
KNK
Galium mollugo
31973000015694 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Galium mollugo
31973000005856 Campbell Kentucky 08 Jun 2015 Marksberry, Hope
J8-2 1/17
KNK
Galium mollugo
31973000015692 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Galium mollugo
TENN-V-0204546 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Galium mollugo
TENN-V-0204547 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Galium mollugo
TENN-V-0204544 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Galium mollugo
TENN-V-0204543 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Galium mollugo
TENN-V-0204545 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Galium mollugo
APSC0070000 Lewis Kentucky 07 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Galium mollugo
APSC0106414 Campbell Kentucky 15 May 1981 George Buddell
APSC
Galium mollugo
APSC0068942 Jefferson Kentucky 07 Jul 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Galium mollugo
APSC0113925 Washington Tennessee
APSC
Galium mollugo
APSC0065231 Carter Tennessee 19 Jun 2015 Devin Rodgers
APSC
Galium mollugo
HTTU024444 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Galium mollugo
BRIT142816 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
BRIT142815 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
BRIT142821 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
BRIT142820 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
BRIT142818 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
BRIT142856 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
BRIT142817 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
BRIT142819 Tennessee
VDB
Galium mollugo
ETSU025513 Johnson Tennessee 25 Jul 2013 Foster Levy / Adam McCullough
DOEM 0141
ETSU
Galium mollugo
ETSU035377 Carter Tennessee 04 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Galium mollugo
ETSU035379 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Galium mollugo
ETSU035378 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Galium mollugo
31234100657186 Madison Kentucky 11 Jun 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-760
EKY
Galium mollugo
BEREA021477 Campbell Kentucky
BEREA
Galium mollugo
APSC0118914 Harrison Kentucky 22 Jun 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Galium mollugo
APSC0007112 Morgan Tennessee 26 May 2012 Margaret Reinhardt
APSC
Galium mollugo
TENN-V-0204542 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Galium mollugo
TENN-V-0204541 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Galium mollugo
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