Galium jepsonii

Jepson's bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Jepson's bedstraw is a California native perennial herb found in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains in open woodland and conifer forest at elevations of 2,000 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces cream-colored flowers with pink-tipped lobes in small terminal panicles. Growing in small, erect clumps 8 to 16 centimeters tall, it forms delicate clusters with minimal woody structure. Its leaves grow in tight whorls of 4, concentrated near the plant base, with linear to strap-shaped blades 6 to 15 millimeters long. The plant produces small nutlets with short, strongly curved hairs that give it a distinctive texture.

Habitat: Open woodland, conifer forest, gravelly soil

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 2000-2500 m

Bioregions: SnGb, SnBr.

California counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura

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