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  3. Vascular Plants
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  6. Coffees, Bedstraws, and Allies
  7. Bedstraws
  8. Platygalium
  9. California Bedstraw

species 1,484 observations

California Bedstraw

Galium californicum

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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18 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gem Moth, White-lined Sphinx, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Common Carpet Moth 9
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Liriomyza galiivora 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it American Coot, Hairy Plant Bug, Black Bean Aphid 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Ringlet, Margined Calligrapher, Common Wood-Nymph, Silvery Blue 5

Children

  • El Dorado Bedstraw
  • California Bedstraw
  • San Miguel Island Bedstraw
  • Galium californicum maritimum
  • Cone Peak Bedstraw
  • Alvin Meadow Bedstraw
  • Galium californicum flaccidum

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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