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Abbotts Lagoon Trail
Alice Eastwood Road (CNPS)
Almaden Quicksilver CP (NRDB.org)
Alto Bowl/Horse Hill
Alum Rock RP (NRDB.org)
Andrew Molera SP (NRDB.org)
Angel Island
Annadel SP (NRDB.org)
Ano Nuevo SNR (NRDB.org)
Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Anza Borrego - Borrego Palm Canyon
Anza Borrego - Culp Valley
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Ardenwood Regional Preserve
Armstrong Redwoods SNR (NRDB.org)
Arroyo Hondo Canyon
Azalea Hill and Southern Carson Ridge
Baker Beach
Baker Beach North
Baldy Mountain
Baltimore Canyon
Bayview Hill
Bean Hollow SB (NRDB.org)
Bear Creek Redwoods OSP (NRDB.org)
Bear Valley
Benbow Lake State Recreation Area
Bidwell Park in Chico
Big Rock to Loma Alta Hill Summit
Billy Goat Hill
Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
Blithedale Summit
Bohemia Ecological Preserve
Bolinas Lagoon
Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve (NRDB.org)
Briones Regional Park
Brooks Island Regional Shoreline
Brushy Peak Regional Preserve
Bull Point Trail and F Ranch
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch (NRDB.org)
Butano SP (NRDB.org)
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Calero CP (NRDB.org)
Calf Canyon
Camino Alto
Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline
Cascade Canyon
Castle Crags State Park
Castle Rock SP (NRDB.org)
Cateract Trail
Chimney Rock
China Camp State Park (CNPS)
Chino Hills State Park
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Coal Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Coal Mine Ridge OS (NRDB.org)
Cold Canyon
Contra Loma Regional Park
Coon Creek
Cowell Ranch Beach (NRDB.org)
Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch CP (NRDB.org)
Coyote Valley OSP (NRDB.org)
Crissy Bluffs
Crystal Springs Regional Trail
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Deer Island
Deer Park
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
Del Valle Regional Park
Devil's Gulch
Devil's Slide Trail (NRDB.org)
Diablo Foothills Regional Park
Dillon Beach
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
Donner Memorial State Park
Dorothy Erskine Park
Doyle Drive
Duncan Castro
Easter Bowl (NRDB.org)
Ed R. Levin County Park
Edgehill Mountain
El Corte de Madera Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
El Sereno
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarnine Research Reserve
Emerald Bay State Park
Fairfield-Osborn Preserve (NRDB.org)
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (NRDB.org)
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
Foothills Open Space Preserve
Foothills Park
Fort Ord BLM (NRDB.org)
Fort Point
Fort Point Bluffs
Fort Ross SHP (NRDB.org)
Fort Tejon State Historic Park
Fremont Older
Fremont Peak SP (NRDB.org)
French Ranch Open Space Preserve
Frog Pond Wetland Preserve (NRDB.org)
Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Garland Ranch
Garrapata SP (NRDB.org)
Gary Giacomini Preserve
Glen Canyon
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (NPS)
Golden Gate Park Oak Woodland
Golden Gate Park Strawberry Hill
Greenwood State Beach
Grover Hot Springs
Half Moon Bay SB (NRDB.org)
Hawk Hill
Hayward Regional Shoreline
Henry Coe State Park
Hidden Villa
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area
Hood Mountain RP & OSP (NRDB.org)
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
Huddart CP (NRDB.org)
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Idyllwild Park
Indian Tree
Indian Valley
Inspiration Point
Interior Greenbelt Park
Jack London SHP (NRDB.org)
Jacks Peak CP (NRDB.org)
Jasper Ridge
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Jenner Headlands
Jepson and Johnstone Trail
Jepson Prairie Reserve
John Little
Joseph D. Grant CP (NRDB.org)
Joshua Tree - Boy Scout Trail
Joshua Tree - Queen Mountain
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Junipero Serra CP (NRDB.org)
Kehoe Marshes
Kehoe Trail and Beach
Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
King Mountain
Knoxville Wildlife Area (NRDB.org)
La Honda Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
La Purisima Mission State Historical Park
Lake De Sabla
Lake Lagunitas
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Lake Perris State Recreational Area
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Lassen National Park
Leo Carrillo SP
Leo Cronin Fish Viewing Area
Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
Little Mountain
Lobos Creek Valley
Loma Alta
Long Valley
Los Osos Oaks State Reserve
Lucas Valley
Lumpkin Ridge
Malibu Creek State Park
Manchester State Park
Manzanita CP (NRDB.org)
Marin County Complete List (CNPS)
Marin Municipal Water District
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial SP
McLaren Park
McLaughlin Reserve (NRDB.org)
Milagra Ridge (NRDB.org)
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
Millerton Point
Miramontes Ridge
Mission Peak Regional Preserve
Mitteldorf Preserve (NRDB.org)
Modini Mayacamas Preserve
Montara State Beach and McNee Ranch (NRDB.org)
Monte Bello OSP (NRDB.org)
Monte Sol (NRDB.org)
Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
Mori Point (NRDB.org)
Mount Burdell
Mount Davidson
Mount Diablo SP (NRDB.org)
Mount Diablo Summit and Fire Interpretive Trail
Mount Madonna CP (NRDB.org)
Mount Sutro
Mount Tamalpais SP (NRDB.org)
Mountain Lake
Mt. Wilson Toll Road
Muir Woods
O'Shaugnessy Hollow
Ohlone Regional Wilderness
Old Saint Hilary's
Old Stage Road
Olompali State Historic Park
Palm Springs Indian Canyons
Pearson-Arastradero Preserve
Pedro Point Headlands (NRDB.org)
Peninsula Watershed (NRDB.org)
Pescadero Creek Park (NRDB.org)
Pescadero SB (NRDB.org)
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP (NRDB.org)
Picchetti Ranch OSP (NRDB.org)
Pillar Point Bluff (NRDB.org)
Pine Lake and Stern Grove
Pinnacles National Park
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park
Plumas Eureka State Park
Point Cabrillo Light Station and Preserve
Point Lobos SNR (NRDB.org)
Point Mugu State Park
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
Point Reyes
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Presidio (NRDB.org)
Presidio Golf Course Natural Area
Presidio Hills
Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
Pulgas Ridge
Purisima Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Rancho Canada del Oro OSP (NRDB.org)
Redwood Regional Park
Reinhardt Redwood Serpentine Prairie
Richardson Grove State Park
Ring Mountain
Rob Hill
Rock Spring
Rodeo Lagoon
Round Valley Regional Preserve
Roy's Redwoods
Rush Creek
Russian Ridge
Salt Point SP (NRDB.org)
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
San Bruno Mountain
San Elijo Lagoon
San Francisco Coastal Bluffs
San Gregorio SB (NRDB.org)
San Jacinto Mtns - Apple Canyon Road
San Jacinto Mtns - Cedar Spring Trail
San Jacinto Mtns - Ernie Maxwell Trail
San Jacinto Mtns - Hall Canyon
San Jacinto Mtns - James Reserve Nature Trail
San Jacinto Mtns - May Valley Road
San Jacinto Mtns - Morris Ranch Road
San Jacinto Mtns - Pine Cove
San Jacinto Mtns - Quinn Flat
San Jacinto Mtns - The Hub
San Jacinto Mtns - Upper Elevations
San Jacinto Mtns - Vista Grande Road
San Pedro Mountain
San Pedro Valley CP (NRDB.org)
San Simeon State Park
Santa Margarita Island
Santa Rosa Mtns - Cactus Spring Trail
Santa Rosa Mtns - Pinyon Flat
Santa Teresa CP (NRDB.org)
Saratoga Gap
Sausal Creek Native Plants
Schooner Gulch SB
SDSU Adobe Falls
Sharp Park
Shiloh Regional Park
Sierra Azul OSP (NRDB.org)
Sierra Vista OSP
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
Skyline Ridge OSP (NRDB.org)
Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve
Soulejule Reservoir
Southridge Preserve
St. Joseph's Hill OSP (NRDB.org)
Stafford Lake
Steep Ravine Trail East
Steep Ravine Trail West
Stone Ridge
Stulsaft Park (NRDB.org)
Sugarloaf Ridge SP (NRDB.org)
Sunol Regional Wilderness
Sutter Buttes State Park
Sweeney Ridge (NRDB.org)
Sycamore Valley Open Space Preserve
Table Mountain
Tahoe State Recreation Area
Tank Hill
Teague Hill
Temescal Regional Recreation Area
Tennesse Hollow
Terra Linda/Sleepy Hollow
The Forest of Nisene Marks SP (NRDB.org)
Thornewood OSP (NRDB.org)
Thornton SB (NRDB.org)
Tilden Regional Park
Tomales Bay State Park
Topanga State Park
Toro CP (NRDB.org)
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
Trinity Alps
Twin Peaks
Upper Stevens Creek
Uvas Canyon CP (NRDB.org)
Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve
Vargas Plateau Regional Park
Vasco Caves Regional Preserve
Verissimo Hills
Verna Dunshee Trail
West Pacific Natural Area
White's Hill
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
Wilder Ranch State Park
Windy Hill OSP (NRDB.org)
Wolf Ridge
World War II Memorial
Wunderlich CP (NRDB.org)
Yerba Buena Island
Yosemite National Park
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Goose Grass (Galium aparine)
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Flower
White
4 Petals
Whorled
Typical Height
Annual
Native
Description
Height to 3 ft.
EW Bloom Mar - Aug
6 to 8 narrow leaves make whorls around the stem.
Flowers are tiny, white and 4-petaled.
This plant is covered with hooked hairs.
CA native
Found in woodlands at Edgewood
AKA Common Bedstraw, Cleavers, Stickywilly
Coffee Family (Rubiaceae)
Bedstraw has whorled leave and tiny white flowers. It is covered with hairs that stick to passers by.
Leaves are typically in groups of 6, wider at the end than at the stem.
Tiny, four-petal flowers form clusters above the whorls.
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Leaves form in whorls of 6 to 8 thin leaves, each about 1 inch long. Two or three flowers connect to each leaf [[node]], each on its own rather lon ...
Stems and flower stalks are square in cross section.
Stems are weak and grow along the ground or over other plants. In some places they create tangled mats.
Flowers are small, 1/10 inch across. They have four pointed whitish petals. The fuzzy balls below the flower are developing pollinated [[ovaries ...
Ovaries are below the other flower parts, and start to grow after fertilization. The ovary has two chambers, so one flower can produce a pair of fr ...