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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Rubiaceae

SPECIES

Galium - [maps | photos]

  • Galium aparine L.
    NWI TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: stickywilly
  • Galium asprellum Michx. (TN Special Concern)
    NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
    Common Name: rough bedstraw
  • Galium circaezans Michx.
    NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: licorice bedstraw
  • Galium concinnum Torr. & A. Gray
    NWI TN: Obligate Upland
    Common Name: shining bedstraw
  • Galium obtusum Bigelow
    NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
    Common Name: bluntleaf bedstraw
  • Galium palustre L. (TN Special Concern)
    Common Name: common marsh bedstraw
             • Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) All.
  • Galium triflorum Michx.
    NWI TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: fragrant bedstraw

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee
All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.

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