Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
		
Mexican Bedstraw. 
		
Galium mexicanum. 
		
Madder (Rubiaceae) family.
	
 	 
		
			Plant: perennial creeping or climbing herb; stems to 90 cm long. STEMS and leaf margins with few to many aculeate hairs. Leaves: 5-12 (commonly 6) at each node. Flowers: perfect, with generally (not always) campanulate corollas. Fruit: with well developed or obscure uncinate hairs.
				
				
Santa Catalina Mountains.
				
Location: Along shoulder of Marshall Gulch Trail access road.
				
7/14/15, 8/13/16
				
						
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