About Galium porrigens Dempster
Galium porrigens Dempster is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, with the common names graceful bedstraw and climbing bedstraw. It is native to the west coast of North America, ranging from Oregon to Baja California. It grows in a wide variety of habitats, from forest to coastal shrubland, and is often found as part of the chaparral plant community. This plant is a small, woody perennial herb with climbing stems. Its surface is covered in tiny prickly hairs that help it climb and hang. Its leaves grow in whorls of four around the thin stems. The tiny leaves are oval-shaped, pointed, and green, and they often have red or purple tips and edges. The species is dioecious: male plants produce clusters of staminate flowers, while female plants produce solitary flowers at the leaf axils. Both male and female flowers are yellowish to reddish in color. The fruit produced by this plant is a berry.
