Galium andrewsii
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Galium andrewsii is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names phloxleaf bedstraw, Andrews' bedstraw, and needlemat galium.
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
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- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ Gray, Asa. 1865. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 537–538
- ↑ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
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- Galium
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1865
- Dioecious plants
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status