Galium angustifolium subsp. jacinticum

San jacinto mountains bedstraw, San Jacinto Mountains Bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

San jacinto mountains bedstraw is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in western San Jacinto Mountains in open, mixed forest at elevations of 1,350 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces small white flowers in narrow, few-flowered clusters. Growing with stems 17 to 35 centimeters tall, featuring ridges approximately as wide as the grooves between them, it has a low, generally glabrous or slightly hairy habit. Its leaves are generally 11 to 26 millimeters long, arranged in whorls typical of the Galium genus. The plant's delicate structure and narrow growth pattern make it a subtle but distinctive component of its montane forest ecosystem.

Habitat: Open, mixed forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1350-2100 m

Bioregions: w SnJt.

California counties: Riverside, San Diego

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