Galium lanceolatum Torr.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Erect or ascending slender perennial 3–7 dm, branched from the base; stem glabrous or nearly so; lvs in 4’s, thin, the lower elliptic, the upper lanceolate, 3–8 × 1–2.5 cm, long-tapering to an acute or acuminate tip, 3–5-nerved, minutely ciliate, finely hairy on the midvein (and sometimes other veins) beneath; infl widely divaricate, 1–3-forked; cor glabrous, turning purple in age, its lobes acuminate; fr deflexed, uncinate-hispid, 3 mm. Dry woods and thickets; Que. to Minn., s. to N.C. and Tenn. June, July.
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Common Names
wild licorice