''Galium clementis'' is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the
coffee family known by the common name Santa Lucia bedstraw. It is
endemic to the
Santa Lucia Mountains of central
California. This is a mat-forming perennial herb forming carpetlike dull green patches amongst the rock litter. The thick leaves are arranged in whorls of four, or occasionally six, about the stem. The foliage is covered thickly in gray hairs. The plant is
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with male plants producing small clusters of
staminate flowers and female plants producing solitary
pistillate flowers; both types of flower are generally yellow. The fruit is a berry covered in soft hairs.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
clementis
Flora of California
Flora of Northern America
Dioecious plants
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