NatureServe Species Profile for Galium obtusum ssp. australe

Species Profile for
Bluntleaf Bedstraw (Galium obtusum ssp. australe)

Taxonomic Information

Ecology and Life History

Conservation Status

Distribution

Taxonomic Information

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Unique Identifier:

ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.151957

Element Code

PDRUB0N1L4

Informal Taxonomy

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants , Madder Family

Scientific Taxonomy

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus
Plantae	Anthophyta	Dicotyledoneae	Rubiales	Rubiaceae	Galium

Scientific Name

Galium obtusum ssp. australe - Puff

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Concept Reference Code

B94KAR01HQUS

Name Used in Concept Reference

Galium obtusum ssp. australe

Taxonomic Comments

Link to Comprehensive Report

http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Galium+obtusum+ssp.+australe

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Description
Size

Conservation Status

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Global Status

Global Status	Last Reviewed	Last Changed	Rounded Global Status
G5T1T3	2002-08-02	2002-08-20	T2 Imperiled

Reasons

Endemic to the ridges and valleys of northwestern Georgia between the Cumberland Gap and Blue Ridge Mountains.

National Status(es)

Nation/Subnation	Rank
United States	NNR

Georgia

SNR

Other Statuses

Distribution

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Endemism

Distribution by Nation/Subnations

National/Subnation		Extirpated	Exotic	Native
United States		false	false	true

Georgia (GA)

false

true

Distribution by U.S. Counties

Distribution by U.S. Watersheds

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Citation: NatureServe. 2006. NatureServe’s Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

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