Galium glabrescens subsp. modocense

Modoc bedstraw, Modoc Bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Modoc bedstraw is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in Warner Mountains in volcanic talus and gravelly slopes at elevations of 1,680 to 2,590 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces cream-colored flowers in small rotating clusters with glabrous to sparsely hairy corollas. Growing with slender stems 8 to 31 centimeters tall that are puberulent, it forms delicate clusters in rocky mountain terrain. Its leaves are small, measuring 7 to 20 millimeters long, with ovate shapes and acute to acuminate tips. The fruit develops 4 to 5 millimeters long with distinctive long, spreading hairs.

Habitat: Volcanic talus and gravelly slopes

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1680-2590 m

Bioregions: Wrn.

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