Galium stellatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. stellatum
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Galium stellatum (starry bedstraw or desert bedstraw) is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across most of Arizona, and found also in Baja California, Baja California Sur, southeastern California (Inyo, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial and San Diego Counties), Nevada (Clark, Nye and Lincoln Cos.), Utah (Washington County).[1][2][3][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[6]
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ Albert Kellogg. 1863. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2: 97, f. 26
- ^ Lorence, D. H. 1999. A nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 1–177
- ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
- ^ Soza, Valerie L.; Olmstead, Richard G. (2010). "Evolution of breeding systems and fruits in New World Galium and relatives (Rubiaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 97 (10): 1630–1646. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000130. PMID 21616799.
External links[]
- Calflora taxon report
- Desert Ecology of Tucson, Pima Community College, desert bedstraw
- Calphotos, University of California at Berkeley
- Tom Chester, Borrego Desert Plants: desert bedstraw, Galium stellatum ssp. eremicum
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Categories:
- Galium
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Baja California Sur
- Flora of California
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of Nevada
- Plants described in 1863
- Dioecious plants
- Rubioideae stubs