Galium serpenticum

Intermountain bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Intermountain bedstraw is a California native perennial herb found in montane and alpine regions at elevations of 5 to 32 centimeters. Flowering from summer to early fall, this plant produces small, nearly white flowers in narrow terminal panicles with delicate axillary clusters. Growing as a tufted, few-branched perennial with a woody base, it forms compact clumps with erect stems covered in fine, soft hairs. Its leaves grow in distinctive whorls of four, each blade narrow and lanceolate, measuring up to 15 millimeters long. The plant's fruits are accompanied by long, straight, yellowish hairs that provide a distinctive texture to its delicate structure.

California counties: Siskiyou, Modoc

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