Galium californicum subsp. maritimum

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

California bedstraw is a California native perennial found in the central Coast Ranges and central coastal California in coastal bluffs and canyons at elevations of 15 to 200 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces small white to pale flowers in delicate clusters. Growing with spreading or climbing wiry stems up to 90 centimeters tall, it has a somewhat woody structure with stout, straight to curved hairs. Its leaves are small and sharp-tipped, measuring 4 to 9 millimeters long, ovate in shape with hairy surfaces and margins that feel prickly to the touch. The plant's stems and leaves are characterized by distinctive stiff hairs that give it a slightly rough texture.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs, canyons

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: 15-200(230) m

Bioregions: CCo, SCoRO.

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