Galium bifolium

Taxobox
name = "Galium bifolium"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
genus = "Galium"
species = "G. bifolium"
binomial = "Galium bifolium"
binomial_authority = S.Wats.

"Galium bifolium" is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names twinleaf bedstraw and low mountain bedstraw. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in mountain forests and high-elevation plateaus. This is an annual herb standing erect to a maximum height of about 15 centimeters. Leaves grow in whorls of four divided into two pairs. The foliage is hairless and sometimes slightly fleshy. The solitary flowers have three white tepals and the fruit is a round nutlet covered in shiny white hairs.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6927,6934,6953 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GABI USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Galium+bifolium Photo gallery]