Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Galium catalinense is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name Santa Catalina Island bedstraw. It is endemic to two of the Channel Islands of California, where it grows along the coastal bluffs. It is a shrub growing erect to about a meter in maximum height with a rigid stem lined with whorls of four leaves each. The hairy leaves are generally lance-shaped and one to 2. 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence emerging from leaf axils is a dense cluster of whitish flowers. Two subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

3 ft Tall

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Color

White

Plant communities

Coastal Sage Scrub

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 4 likely

Confirmed Likely

Dainty Sulphur

Nathalis iole

The Gem

Orthonama obstipata

Zenophleps lignicolorata