Galium asprellum Michx.

Rough bedstraw (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Galium

Characteristics

Perennial; stems much branched, spreading or scrambling to 2 m, retrorse-scabrous on the angles; lvs in 6’s or those of the branches in 4’s or 5’s, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, usually widest above the middle, to 20 × 6 mm, sharply acute or cuspidate, retrorsely scabrous on the margins and midvein beneath; infls terminal and from the upper axils, usually ascending, rarely over 2 cm, 1-3 times forked, few-fld, forming a small loose panicle; cor 4-lobed, white, 3 mm wide; fr smooth, 2 mm. Wet woods and thickets; Nf. to Minn., s. to N.C. and Mo., most abundant northeastward. May-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 3-3
Soil humidity 5-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified), Tumor(Breast) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Galium asprellum world distribution map, present in Canada, Micronesia (Federated States of), Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Conservation status

Galium asprellum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:749561-1
WFO ID wfo-0000968377
COL ID 3F5CM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Galium asprellum Galium pennsylvanicum Galium micranthum Galium spinulosum