Galium clementis

Santa lucia bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Santa lucia bedstraw is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in the northern Santa Lucia Range in open woodland on north-facing slopes at elevations of 1,130 to 1,780 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces small, rotate yellow flowers with external hairs in few-flowered clusters. Growing as a low, cushion-like herb with stems 8 to 13 centimeters tall, it forms a compact, gray-hairy growth habit. Its leaves grow in whorls of 4 or occasionally 6, with narrow linear blades 2 to 7 millimeters long, having margins rolled under and tapered to slightly obtuse tips. The plant produces small hairy berries in its pistillate inflorescences.

Habitat: N-facing slopes, open woodland

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 1130-1780 m

Bioregions: SCoRO (n Santa Lucia Range).

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