Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales
Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Galium
Species: Galium bifolium
Name
Galium bifolium S.Watson
References
S. Watson et al., Botany [fortieth parallel] 134. 1871 (in C. King, U.S. geol. explor. 40th Parallel vol. 5)
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Galium bifolium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
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 from British Columbia south to California and east to New Mexico, Colorado, South Dakota and Alberta.[1][2] 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.[3]
References
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Biota of North America Program
Jepson Manual Treatment
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