Galium porrigens var. porrigens

Climbing bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Climbing bedstraw is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, Sacramento Valley, central western California, southern California, northern Channel Islands, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges in chaparral and forest habitats at elevations of 15 to 2,130 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces small white flowers in delicate, clustered arrangements. Growing with slender, climbing stems that weave through surrounding vegetation, it can reach lengths of up to one meter. Its leaves are widely oblong to ovate, approximately 2 to 18 millimeters long, with obtuse to rounded tips and subtle three-veined structure. The plant produces translucent-white, smooth fruits that blend subtly with its surrounding foliage.

Habitat: Among shrubs in chaparral, forest

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 15-2130 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRO, NCoRI, SN, ScV (Sutter Buttes), CW, SCo, n ChI, TR, PR

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Riverside, Monterey, Ventura, San Bernardino, San Diego, El Dorado, Orange, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Humboldt, San Benito, Nevada, Marin, Trinity, Napa, Lake, Shasta, Mendocino, Alameda, Sonoma, Tehama, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, Del Norte, San Francisco, Sutter, San Mateo, Solano, Stanislaus, Siskiyou, Yolo, Colusa

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