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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Coffees, Bedstraws, and Allies
  7. Bedstraws
  8. Platygalium
  9. Alpine Bedstraw

species 85 observations

Alpine Bedstraw

Galium hypotrichium

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

12 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gem Moth, White-lined Sphinx, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Orange-winged Carpet 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it American Coot, Black Bean Aphid 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Ringlet, Margined Calligrapher, Common Wood-Nymph, Silvery Blue 5

Children

  • Telescope Peak Bedstraw
  • Alpine Bedstraw
  • Galium hypotrichium nevadense
  • Galium hypotrichium subalpinum
  • Galium hypotrichium ebbettsense
  • Inyo Bedstraw

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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