Biology:Galium serpenticum
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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. serpenticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Galium serpenticum Dempster
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Galium serpenticum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) known by the common name intermountain bedstraw or many-flowered bedstraw.
Range
Galium serpenticum is native to the northwestern United States , where it grows in dry mountain forests and meadows, mostly east of the crest of the Cascade Range. It occurs in Washington (state) , Oregon, Idaho and extreme northern California (Trinity, Siskiyou and Modoc Counties).[1][2] In the Wenatchee Mountains it is sometimes found on serpentine soils.[3]
Description
Galium serpenticum is a perennial herb forming tufts of erect stems up to about 30 centimeters tall with woody bases. The stems are ringed with whorls of four lance-shaped leaves and topped with inflorescences made up of clusters of small pale yellow to whitish flowers.[4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[6] Male and female flowers both have 4 small pale yellow to yellow-green petals, and female flowers have a prominent tuft of long spreading hairs protruding beneath the petals.[5]
Subspecies
Nine subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):[1]
- Galium serpenticum subsp. dayense Dempster & Ehrend. - Oregon
- Galium serpenticum subsp. malheurense Dempster & Ehrend - Oregon (Harney + Malheur Counties)
- Galium serpenticum subsp. okanoganense Dempster & Ehrend - northeastern Washington (state)
- Galium serpenticum subsp. puberulum (Piper) Dempster & Ehrend. - Cleman Mountain in Yakima County Washington
- Galium serpenticum subsp. scabridum (Ehrend.) Dempster & Ehrend. - central Washington (state)
- Galium serpenticum subsp. scotticum Dempster & Ehrend. - Scott Mountains in Siskiyou County California
- Galium serpenticum subsp. serpenticum - Oregon, Nevada, and the Blue Mountains of Washington (state)
- Galium serpenticum subsp. warnerense Dempster & Ehrend - from Lake County Oregon to Modoc County California
- Galium serpenticum subsp. wenatchicum Dempster & Ehrend. - Wenatchee Mountains of Washington (state)
Gallery
Female in flower
Male in flower
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Program
- ↑ "Galium serpenticum" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/77213-Galium-serpenticum.
- ↑ Lauramay T. Dempster. 1959. Brittonia 11(3): 120–121, f. 1D, 3–4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10953723 entry
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