Galium serpenticum subsp. scotticum

Scott mountain bedstraw, Scott Mountain Bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Scott mountain bedstraw is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges in steep open pine forests at elevations of 1,000 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces small white flowers in delicate cup-shaped clusters. Growing with slender stems 12 to 27 centimeters tall, it forms a compact and low-growing herbaceous cluster. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic, 9 to 15 millimeters long, with gently tapered tips and a generally flat profile. This distinctive bedstraw creates subtle botanical interest in its pine forest mountain habitat.

Habitat: Steep slopes in open pine forest

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 1000-2000 m

Bioregions: KR.

California counties: Siskiyou, Trinity, Modoc

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