Latin name: Galium angustifolium Nutt. ssp.
  foliosum (Hilend & Howell) Dempster & Stebb.
  Pronunciation: GAY-lee-um an-gus-ti-FO-lee-um
  fo-lee-OH-sum
  Common name: Leafy bedstraw
  Family: Rubiaceae (Madder)
  Habitat: Rocky slopes near the coast, northern
  Channel Islands
  Blooming period: Spring
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Galium
  2) angustifolium  3) foliosum
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