Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Galium angustifolium is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name narrowleaf bedstraw. It is native to California and Baja California, where it is most commonly found in low elevation mountains. This is a stocky perennial herb or small shrub growing from a woody base and producing sprawling stems from a few centimeters to nearly a meter in length. Leaves grow in whorls of four about the stem at intervals, and the stem may branch at these points. The flower cluster is a panicle containing several flowers. The plant is dioecious, with male and female flowers similar in appearance with greenish-yellow flower parts. The fruit is a nutlet covered in long bristly white or yellowish hairs.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

Cream

Flowering season

Spring, Summer

Sun

Full Sun

Ease of care

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Soil description

Prefers rocky, well drained soil.

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Zenophleps lignicolorata

Epirrhoe plebeculata

Drab Brown Wave

Lobocleta ossularia