- Galium buxifolium
Taxobox
name = "Galium buxifolium"
status = EN
image_width = 250px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Gentianales
familia =Rubiaceae
genus = "Galium "
species = "G. buxifolium"
binomial = "Galium buxifolium"
binomial_authority = Greene"Galium buxifolium" is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names box bedstraw and island bedstraw. It is endemic to the
Channel Islands of California , where it is known from about 20 occurrences on two of the islands. It is a federally-listedendangered species . This is a smallshrub reaching about half a meter in maximum height. It has leathery rounded leaves in whorls of four about its stems and white flowers. The fruit is a hairy nutlet.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6927,6934,6956 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GABU USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?416287 GRIN Species Profile]
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