California bedstraw (Galium californicum ssp. californicum) is a flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family.  California bedstraw is one of seven subspecies of Galium californicum, all endemic to California. They grow mainly in moist, shady habitats in hills and mountainous areas, often within chaparral or woodlands. This particular subspecies is endemic to the Santa Lucia Mountains of the Outer South California Coast Ranges. Male plants produce small clusters of flowers and female plants produce solitary flowers, both generally tiny and dull yellow. The fruit is a berry covered in soft hairs.

California bedstraw provides food for pollinators like sphinx moths and sulphur butterflies.