[The Bedstraw Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Intermountain Bedstraw, Serpentine Bedstraw

Galium serpenticum

Synonym: Galium serpenticum ssp. warnerense

Note: In Washington, all Galium multiflorum are included in this taxon.

Intermountain Bedstraw, Serpentine Bedstraw : Galium serpenticum (Synonym: Galium serpenticum ssp. warnerense)

Intermountain bedstraw blooming along Washington Highway 14 about one mile east of Roosevelt, Washington.......May 3, 2012.

Intermountain Bedstraw, Serpentine Bedstraw : Galium serpenticum (Synonym: Galium serpenticum ssp. warnerense) - Whorled stem leaves of Intermountain Bedstraw, Serpentine Bedstraw : Galium serpenticum (Synonym: Galium serpenticum ssp. warnerense)

Intermountain bedstraw as seen growing along Washington Highway SR 14 about one mile east of Roosevelt, WA......April 18, 2010.

Intermountain Bedstraw, Serpentine Bedstraw : Galium serpenticum (Synonym: Galium serpenticum ssp. warnerense) - Intermountain Bedstraw, Serpentine Bedstraw : Galium serpenticum (Synonym: Galium serpenticum ssp. warnerense)

Intermountain bedstraw growing on basalt outcrops along the eastern rim of the Klickitat River Canyon about one mile upstream from Leidl Park, Klickitat County, WA.......June 10, 2010.

Intermountain Bedstraw, Serpentine Bedstraw : Galium serpenticum (Synonym: Galium serpenticum ssp. warnerense)

Intermountain bedstraw growing on ashy, gravelly slopes above Roosevelt, WA........May 16, 2011.

Paul Slichter