tiny bedstraw

Galium murale

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

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Caution: ID unsure

• habit: annual, erect to spreading, glabrous except leaf margin, tip
• stem: 1–12 cm
• leaf: in whorls of 4–6, 1–4 mm, obovate to oblanceolate, tip acute, generally with a slender hair
• inflorescence: flowers 1–2 in axils, ± sessile
• flower: bisexual; corolla 1 mm, green, yellow to white in age, lobes ascending, < ½ ovary, ovate, tip obtuse
• scattered

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Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora