''Galium bifolium'' is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names twinleaf bedstraw and low mountain bedstraw. It is native to western

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

from British Columbia south to California and east to New Mexico, Colorado, South Dakota and Alberta. It grows in mountain forests and high-elevation plateaus. ''Galium bifolium'' is an annual herb standing erect to a maximum height of about 15 centimeters. Leaves grow in whorls of four divided into two pairs. The foliage is hairless and sometimes slightly fleshy. The solitary flowers have three white tepals and the fruit is a round nutlet covered in shiny white hairs.

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bifolium Plants described in 1871 Flora of Alberta Flora of British Columbia Flora of the Cascade Range Flora of Arizona Flora of the Rocky Mountains Flora of California Flora of South Dakota Flora of Oregon Flora of Nevada Flora of Utah Flora of Idaho Flora of Montana Flora of New Mexico Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{galium-stub