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, where grows in a number of dry habitats such as chaparral and woodland.

Description

''Galium andrewsii'' is a low, clumping or mat-forming perennial herb growing no higher than about 22 centimeters. Narrow, needlelike green to grayish leaves grow in whorls of four on the slender branches. Each is up to a centimeter long and has a sharp point tipped with a hair. The plant is dioecious with individuals bearing either male or female flowers; the male flowers are produced in clusters and the female flowers are solitary. They are greenish-yellow and similar in appearance otherwise. The fruit is a berry.Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.

Subspecies

*''Galium andrewsii'' ssp. ''andrewsii'' *''Galium andrewsii'' ssp. ''gatense''

References

External links

Calflora Database: ''Galium andrewsii'' (Needlemat galium, phlox leaved bedstraw, phloxleaf bedstraw)USDA Plants Profile for ''Galium andrewsii''''Galium andrewsii'' — UC Photos gallery
andrewsii Flora of California Flora of Baja California Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Plants described in 1865 Dioecious plants Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{galium-stub