PLANTS Profile for Galium odoratum (sweetscented bedstraw)

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PLANTS Profile

Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.
sweetscented bedstraw

Symbol:

GAOD3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

Asperula odorata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 267. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

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Synonyms:
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

ASOD

Asperula odorata L.

Distribution:
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.


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USA (CO, DE, GA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, WA), CAN (BC, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 84 species in Galium

Classification:
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Galium L. – bedstraw
Species	Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. – sweetscented bedstraw

Introduced Information:
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502715.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 06:18 AM MDT