san diego bedstraw
Galium nuttallii
Member of
bedstraws (genus Galium)
madder family (family Rubiaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)
- habit: perennial herb, climbing, woody, plant densely tangled, dark red in age; dioecious
- stem: 6–15 dm, slender
- leaf: in whorls of 4, 3–8 mm, linear to narrowly ovate, generally leathery, tip acute, sharp to touch with stout, persistent hair
- staminate inflorescence: axillary clusters
- pistillate inflorescence: flower 1 in axils
- flower: corolla rotate, generally ± red
- rare
Chris’s observations: none
Not all sites include this taxon:
Bay Area species:
iNaturalist
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Calflora
