fragrant bedstraw

Galium triflorum

Member of bedstraws (genus Galium)
madder family (family Rubiaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
white in flowering plants

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• habit: perennial herb, generally decumbent, radiating from base, glabrous to ± scabrous
• stem: 20–76 cm
• leaf: in whorls of [4–]6, generally parallel to ground [i.e. parallel to the decumbent stem], 6–38 mm, ovate to obovate; tip acute to acuminate, occasionally small-pointed
• inflorescence: clusters, peduncled, axillary, flowers 2–3
• flower: bisexual; corolla rotate, cream to pink, glabrous to sparsely hairy
• scattered, mostly in the Santa Cruz Range

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Chris’s observations: 15 (5 are research grade)

Locations:

• Mt. Madonna SP: 3
• Butano SP: 2
• Pescadero Creek CP: 2
• Big Basin SP
• Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood RP
• El Corte de Madera OSP
• Henry Cowell Redwoods SP
• Nisene Marks SP
• Portola Redwoods SP
• Russian Ridge OSP
• Windy Hill OSP

Months:

• May: 1
• Jun.: 3
• Jul.: 6
• Aug.: 2
• Sep.: 1
• Oct.: 0
• Nov.: 0
• Dec.: 1
• Jan.: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

• Galium triflorum → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora