Galium andrewsii

Phlox-leaved bedstraw, Phlox-Leaved Bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Phlox-leaved bedstraw is a California native perennial found in alpine and subalpine habitats at elevations typically between 1,500 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces small, nearly yellow flowers in delicate rotate clusters. Growing as a low, cushion-like herb with stems 5 to 22 centimeters tall, it forms dense, compact mats of bright green to silvery foliage. Its leaves grow in tight whorls of four, each 4 to 11 millimeters long, with sharp, bristle-like tips that are distinctly prickly to the touch. The fruit develops as a small, glossy black berry that adds visual interest to the plant's compact structure.

California counties: Los Angeles, San Diego, Lake, Tuolumne, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern, Ventura, Sonoma, Riverside, Contra Costa, San Bernardino, Napa, Monterey, Fresno, Stanislaus, Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Del Norte, San Benito, Santa Clara, Yolo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.