Latin name: Galium nuttallii A. Gray ssp. insulare
  Ferris
  Pronunciation:
GAY-lee-um nut-AL-ee-eye in-soo-
  LARE-ee

  Common name: Nuttall's island bedstraw
  Family: Rubiaceae (Madder)
  Habitat: Chaparral, groves of pine or Lyonothamnus,
  Channel Islands

  Blooming period: March to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Galium
  2) nuttallii
 3) insulare
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