(Rydb.) Hultén
Pronunciation: GAY-lee-um TRY-fid-um kol-um-bee-
AY-num
Common name: Three-petal bedstraw, Small bedstraw
Family: Rubiaceae (Madder)
Habitat: Wet places, moist meadows, yellow pine
forest to 9500', California Floristic Province
Blooming period: July to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Galium
2) trifidum 3) columbianum
Formerly Galium trifidum var. pacificum