Galium multiflorum

Taxobox
name = "Galium multiflorum"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
genus ="Galium"
species = "G. multiflorum"
binomial = "Galium multiflorum"
binomial_authority = Kellogg

"Galium multiflorum" is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names Kellogg's bedstraw, shrubby bedstraw, and manyflowered bedstraw. It is native to the mountains, desert slopes, and plateaus of eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in rocky soils in dry sagebrush country. This is a tough perennial herb growing from a woody base and forming thin, erect stems to about 35 centimeters in height. Leaves are arranged in whorls of four, in two pairs, about the stem at intervals. They are small, oval-shaped, and pointed. The plant is dioecious, and male and female flowers are similar, appearing in clusters of white to pinkish corollas at the ends of the stems. The fruit is a nutlet covered in very long, straight white hairs.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6927,6934,6995 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GAMU2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Galium+multiflorum Photo gallery]