Galium muricatum

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Humboldt bedstraw
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Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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 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). [2] [3]

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. [4] [5]

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<i>Galium grayanum</i> Species of plant

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<i>Galium multiflorum</i> Species of plant

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<i>Galium porrigens</i> Species of plant

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<i>Galium nuttallii</i> Species of plant

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<i>Galium andrewsii</i> Species of plant

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<i>Galium ambiguum</i> Species of plant

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<i>Galium parisiense</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Biota of North America Program
  4. Wight, William Franklin. 1900. New species of Galium and notes on a few of the California forms. Zoë 5:53-58.
  5. Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.