Galium uniflorum Michx.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Rubiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Galium uniflorum Michx.

• Description

  Species Description - Stiffish evergreen perennial, diffusely branched, 1–4 dm, the slender stems glabrous; lvs in 4’s, thick, narrowly linear-oblong, 12–30 × 2–4 mm, acute, 1-nerved, minutely roughened along the margin; fls 1–3 at a node, terminating a lateral branch 1–5 mm; fr a purple-black berry 3 mm. Dry or sandy soil, especially pine-land; coastal plain from se. Va. to Tex. Summer.

• Common Names

  berry-bedstraw