| Humboldt bedstraw | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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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).
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.
References
- "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Biota of North America Program
- Wight, William Franklin. 1900. New species of Galium and notes on a few of the California forms. Zoë 5:53-58.
- Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Galium muricatum | |
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