Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Galium andrewsii is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names phloxleaf bedstraw and Andrews' bedstraw. It is native to California and Baja California, where grows in a number of dry habitats such as chaparral and woodland. This 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.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

9 in Tall

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Site type

Dry slopes, ridges, open places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 7 likely

Confirmed Likely

Epirrhoe plebeculata

Drab Brown Wave

Lobocleta ossularia

Dainty Sulphur

Nathalis iole