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Munz's bedstraw

Galium munzii

Galium munzii is a small, branching desert subshrub of the coffee family, native to the southwestern United States. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so its care is mostly inferred from its arid native habitat.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Very well-drained, sandy or gritty mineral soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot desert summers and cold winters; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Galium munzii (Munz's bedstraw) is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to California (Inyo, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties), Arizona (Mohave and Coconino Cos.), Nevada (Clark and Lincoln Cos.), and Utah (Washington and Tooele Cos.).

Galium munzii is a profusely branching, dioecious herb. Leaves are in whorls of 4, broadly egg-shaped or almost round. Flowers are pale green.

Other Galium plants

Mount Aetna Bedstraw · White bedstraw · Phloxleaf bedstraw · Narrowleaf bedstraw · Alpine Bedstraw · Galium antarcticum · Stickywilly · Sand Bedstraw · Argus bedstraw · Awned bedstraw · Arkansas bedstraw · Rough bedstraw

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galium munzii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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