Galium wrightii

Wright's bedstraw

Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Wright's bedstraw is a rare (CNPS 2B.3) California native perennial found in the Clark Mountains in shady, rocky canyons and pinyon-pine woodland at elevations of 1,600 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to June and August to September, this plant produces small red to pink flowers in open terminal panicles. Growing 15 to 50 centimeters tall with erect to sprawling stems that become woody at the base, the plant has a delicate, slightly hairy appearance. Its leaves grow in whorls of 4, linear to oblanceolate, with acute tips and measuring up to 12 millimeters long. The fruit develops as small nutlets with a few long, straight hairs extending approximately 5 millimeters.

Habitat: Shady, rocky canyons, pinyon-pine woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun, Aug--Sep

Elevation: 1600-2000 m

Bioregions: DMtns (Clark Mtn)

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