Galium muricatum

Humboldt bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Genus:Galium
Species: G. muricatum
Binomial name
Galium muricatum
W. Wight

Galium muricatum, Humboldt bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to northwestern California (Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity and Siskiyou Counties) and southeastern Oregon (Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and Coos Counties).[1][2]

Galium muricatum is a perennial herb with white flowers, spreading vegetatively to form sizable colonies. Leaves are in whorls of 4, elliptical, tapering at the tip.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program
  3. ↑ Wight, William Franklin. 1900. New species of Galium and notes on a few of the California forms. Zoë 5:53-58.
  4. ↑ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.


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