Galium grande

San gabriel bedstraw, San Gabriel Bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

San gabriel bedstraw is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the San Gabriel Mountains in oak woodland and chaparral at elevations of 425 to 1,220 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces small yellow flowers in delicate, hairy clusters on terminal panicles. Growing with sprawling, stout stems 15 to 152 centimeters long that root at the nodes and form dense, climbing clumps, it creates intricate ground cover in woodland areas. Its leaves grow in distinctive whorls of 4, each 5 to 15 millimeters long, widely elliptic with acute tips and margins rolled slightly under. The plant develops small hairy berries, contributing to its dense, textured appearance in its native habitat.

Habitat: Oak woodland, chaparral

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 425-1220 m

Bioregions: SnGb.

California counties: 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.