Galium muricatum explained
Galium muricatum, Humboldt bedstraw, is a species of plant 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]
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Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=86934 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Galium%20muricatum.png Biota of North America Program
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/568132#page/18/mode/1up Wight, William Franklin. 1900. New species of Galium and notes on a few of the California forms. Zoë 5:53-58
- Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.