Galium latifolium

Galium latifolium, the purple bedstraw, is a North American species of plants in the family Rubiaceae.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

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