Galium andrewsii

Galium andrewsii is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names phloxleaf bedstraw, Andrews' bedstraw, and needlemat galium.

Phloxleaf bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. andrewsii
Binomial name
Galium andrewsii

It is native to California and Baja California, where grows in a number of dry habitats such as chaparral and woodland.

Description

Galium andrewsii is a low, clumping or mat-forming perennial herb growing no higher than about 22 centimeters. Narrow, needlelike green to grayish leaves grow in whorls of four on the slender branches. Each is up to a centimeter long and has a sharp point tipped with a hair.

The plant is dioecious with individuals bearing either male or female flowers; the male flowers are produced in clusters and the female flowers are solitary. They are greenish-yellow and similar in appearance otherwise.

The fruit is a berry.[1][2][3]

Subspecies
  • Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii
  • Galium andrewsii ssp. gatense

References
  1. Jepson Manual Treatment
  2. Gray, Asa. 1865. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 537–538
  3. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.


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