| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Galium hypotrichium A.Gray |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1900-4200m |
| Description | leaves in whorls of four, crowded, ovate to orbiculate, carnose, obtuse or acute, inflorescence leafy, flowers rotate or campanulate |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow, rose, white |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RUBIACEAE
hypotrichium ebbettsense Dempster & Ehrend., Brittonia 17: 318 (1965)
hypotrichium inyoense Dempster & Ehrend., ibid.
hypotrichium nevadense Dempster & Ehrend., ibid
hypotrichium subalpinum (Hilend & J.T.Howell) Ehrend., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 12 (1956)
hypotrichium tomentellum Ehrend., ibid.
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