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Galium latifolium
Purple bedstraw - Galium latifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. latifolium
Binomial name
Galium latifolium Michx. 1803 not Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don 1825

Galium latifolium, the purple bedstraw, is a North American species of plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to eastern North America, primarily the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania to Alabama. There are also a few lowland populations in eastern Maryland and eastern South Carolina.

References

1. Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 79.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

External links

• State of Pennsylvania, Natural Heritage Program, plant species of concern
• United States Department of Agriculture plants profile

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