Galium angustifolium subsp. angustifolium

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Narrow-leaved bedstraw is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada, south Coast Ranges, and southwestern California in cliffs, canyons, and protected hillside places at elevations of 15 to 2,650 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces small white flowers in many-flowered, generally open clusters. Growing with woody stems 15 to 100 centimeters tall that have distinctive ridges narrower than their grooves, it forms an open, spreading habit. Its leaves are small, measuring 5 to 27 millimeters long, and the plant ranges from generally glabrous to white-hairy. The stems can be quite variable, with some plants appearing more hairy than others, creating interesting textural differences across populations.

Habitat: Cliffs, canyons, protected places on hillsides

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 15-2650 m

Bioregions: s SN, SCoR, SW (exc n ChI)

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Kern, San Bernardino, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Orange, San Benito, Imperial, Fresno

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