california bedstraw

Galium californicum ssp. californicum

Member of california bedstraw (Galium californicum)
bedstraws (genus Galium)
madder family (family Rubiaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
other colors in flowering plants

Except for extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild members of this species in the bay area.

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• habit: perennial herb, open [not climbing?], in mats or tufts (forest, chaparral) or tangled masses (sea cliffs), not woody to occasionally woody at base; hairs ± coarse; dioecious
• stem: 8–32 cm
• leaf: in whorls of 4, 6–18 mm, ovate to elliptic; tip acute to obtuse, not sharp to touch; ± petioled
• staminate inflorescence: clusters, flowers few
• pistillate inflorescence: flowers generally 1 in axils
• flower: corolla rotate, ± yellow, glabrous to hairy
• common

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Chris’s observations: 6 (4 are research grade)

Locations:

• Castle Rock SP
• Henry Coe SP
• Jacks Peak CP
• Mt. Madonna SP
• Nisene Marks SP
• Portola Redwoods SP

Months:

• May: 2
• Jun.: 1
• Jul.: 2
• Aug.: 0
• Sep.: 0
• Oct.: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

• Galium californicum ssp. californicum → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora