Galium angustifolium subsp. gabrielense

San antonio canyon bedstraw, San Antonio Canyon Bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

San antonio canyon bedstraw is a California native perennial ranked 4.3 by CNPS, found in the San Gabriel Mountains in slopes, ridges, open forest, and high chaparral at elevations of 1,200 to 2,650 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces yellow or reddish flowers that are hairy on the external surface. Growing with tufted stems 6 to 36 centimeters tall that are woody at the base and have ridges narrower than the grooves between them. Its leaves are generally 2 to 14 millimeters long, arranged in narrow, few-flowered clusters. The plant forms dense, compact tufts with distinctively hairy stems and delicate flower clusters.

Habitat: Slopes, ridges, open forest, high chaparral

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1200-2650 m

Bioregions: SnGb.

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