Galium sparsiflorum

Sequoia bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Sequoia bedstraw is a California native perennial found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in mixed conifer forest and montane woodland habitats. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces small yellow-green flowers in loose, open clusters with rotate corollas. Growing with erect stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall, it forms a loose tufted habit with a woody base. Its leaves grow in whorls of four, measuring 6 to 25 millimeters long, with widely elliptic to ovate shapes and three prominent veins ending in softly pointed tips. The plant produces small berries, occasionally featuring fine hairs.

California counties: Madera, Trinity, Merced, Fresno, Mariposa, Glenn, El Dorado, Tulare, Placer, Tehama, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Yuba, Kern

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