Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Galium muricatum, Humboldt bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to northwestern California (Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity and Siskiyou Counties) and southeastern Oregon (Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and Coos Counties). Galium muricatum is a perennial herb with white flowers, spreading vegetatively to form sizable colonies. Leaves are in whorls of 4, elliptical, tapering at the tip.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

White

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 6 likely

Confirmed Likely

Epirrhoe plebeculata

Dainty Sulphur

Nathalis iole