Status: Native
Synonyms:
Galium flaviflorum Heller
Galium triflorum has 5 or 6 leaves in each whorl. The leaves are broader than those of our other usual bedstraws, those of Galium triflorum being lanceolate or elliptic rather than linear. They also have a point at the tip (cuspidate.) The fruits are very hairy.
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Galium triflorum, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Mogollon Mtns., Holt Gulch, Nov. 10, 2007
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