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Limestone bedstraw

Galium proliferum

Limestone bedstraw
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SW. & SC. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Galium proliferum, also known as limestone bedstraw, is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is native to Northeastern Mexico and the Southeastern United States. More specifically, it can be found in American states California (San Diego and San Bernardino County), southern Nevada (Clark County), southern Utah (Kane and Washington County), Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, as well as the Mexican states Coahuila and Nuevo León.

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 proliferum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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