Galium nuttallii subsp. insulare

Nuttall's island bedstraw, Nuttall's Island Bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Nuttall's island bedstraw is a California native perennial ranked 4.3 by CNPS, found in the Channel Islands in chaparral and pine habitats at elevations of 3 to 400 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces small white flowers in delicate, loosely branched clusters. Growing to 30 to 50 centimeters tall with slender, generally glabrous stems that spread or slightly climb, it forms open and graceful clusters. Its narrow leaves are arranged in whorls of 4 to 6, each leaf thin and lance-shaped, typically 10 to 20 millimeters long. The delicate, nearly smooth stems and leaf arrangement make this bedstraw distinctive in its island chaparral habitat.

Habitat: Chaparral, pine or

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: 3-400 m

Bioregions: ChI.

California counties: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Orange, San Diego

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