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Galium bifolium S.Watson  

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Family: Rubiaceae
twinleaf bedstraw
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JANAS 29(1)
Plant: annual herb; 5-20 cm high, glabrous Leaves: lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, obtuse or acute, not apiculate, mostly 4 per node, in 2 unequal pairs, the larger pair 10-21 mm long, the upper nodes often 2-leaved Flowers: perfect, solitary in axils, the long pedicels bent away from the leaves, sharply reflexed below fruit; corolla generally 3-lobed, glabrous, cleft about 2/3 of their length, white, the lobes ascending, ovate, obtuse, shorter than ovaries Fruit: FRUITS with short uncinate hairs; mericarps joined 2/3 of their length, nearly separated at maturity Misc: Open meadows or shady slopes; 1700-2600 m (5500-8600 ft); May-Jun REFERENCES: Dempster, Lauramay T. 1995. Rubiaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Sci. 29(l): 29.
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