Galium bermudense L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Galium bermudense L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial, much branched, hirsute, hispid or nearly glabrous, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves in 4's, 1-nerved, oval, mucronate, rather thick, 6-20 mm. long, 3-8 mm. wide, the margins more or less revolute in drying; flowers few, terminating the branchlets, white; pedicels 6-8 mm. long, rather stout, becoming deflexed in fruit; fruit fleshy, minutely pubescent, about 4 mm. broad.

  • Discussion

    Pine-lands and coppices, Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera : Bermuda : southeastern United States. Plants glabrous or very pubescent. Reported by Dolley as Galium hypocarpium.

  • Distribution

    Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera : Bermuda : southeastern United States.

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