Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Galium fendleri Gray
(Fendler's Bedstraw)

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Galium fendleri is a perennial bedstraw. There are 4 leaves in each whorl. The yellow flowers tend to be in clusters rather than solitary. The four arrowhead shaped anthers curve back down towards the capitate stigma. Galium fendleri is found in damp forested areas at upper elevation.
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Galium fendleri, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, July 23, 2008



Galium fendleri, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, & Kelly Kindscher, Black Range, McKnight Road, July 21, 2008



Galium fendleri, micro of flower, photo Danielle Walkup, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, July 23, 2008



Galium fendleri, field macro of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road just west of the village of Mogollon, Aug. 1, 2009



Galium fendleri, field macro of capsules with straight white hairs, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Black Range, McKnight Peak Road, Aug. 9, 2009


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