Galium bolanderi

Bolander's bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Bolander's bedstraw is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, and northern southern Coast Ranges in open mixed or conifer forest, dense chaparral, and rocky slopes at elevations of 150 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces red or occasionally yellow flowers in small rotate-shaped clusters. Growing with stout stems 15 to 36 centimeters tall, it forms tufted or slightly climbing clumps with a woody base. Its leaves grow in whorls of 4, arranged in two unequal pairs, measuring 6 to 27 millimeters long, narrow to elliptic in shape with acute tips and obscure three-veined structure. The plant produces small berries that can be hairy or smooth, reflecting its variable and adaptable nature.

Habitat: Open mixed or conifer forest, dense chaparral, generally rocky slopes or banks

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 150-2600 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaR, SN, n SCoRI, MP.

California counties: Fresno, Placer, Tuolumne, Lake, Tulare, Siskiyou, Madera, Kern, Modoc, Nevada, Shasta, Trinity, Mariposa, Plumas, Tehama, Humboldt, El Dorado, Napa, Butte, Mendocino, Sonoma, Lassen, Calaveras, Sierra, Del Norte, Solano, Santa Barbara, Yuba, Amador, Colusa, Glenn, Mono, Yolo, Santa Clara, Los Angeles

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