Galium labradoricum
 
Labrador Bedstraw

Flowers

Greenbush Bog
(20 km east of Hudson Bay on Highway #3)
29-June-2012

Note the flowers tend to occur in groups of three.

Labradoricum: Answers to key questions in Flora of Alberta leading to this species.

stem weak, matted or ascending; NOT [stem stiff, erect]

stem mostly glabrous; NOT [stem scabrous]

leaves in whorls of 4; NOT [leaves in whorls of 6-8]

leaves often deflexed; NOT [leaves spreading]

leaves 1-nerved; NOT [leaves 3-nerved]

leaf midrib usually glabrous; NOT [leaf midrib often scabrous]

corolla 4-lobed; NOT [corolla 3-lobed]

ovary glabrous; NOT [ovary pubescent]

 

Galium: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

stems square

leaves whorled; NOT [leaves opposite]

inflorescence of open cymes; NOT [inflorescence a head, subtended by bracts]

corolla rotate; NOT [corolla slender-funnelform]

 

Rubiaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

plants green or with some chlorophyll; NOT [plants parasitic or saprophytic, with chlorophyll]

plants without milky juice; NOT [plants often with milky juice]

not climbing plants; NOT [climbing plants with tendrils]

leaves opposite; NOT [leaves basal or alternate]

leaves with stipules, appearing whorled; NOT [leaves without stipules]

flowers NOT in heads or spikes; NOT [flowers in long or short spikes], NOT [flowers in heads or in form resembling a head]