Galium serpenticum Dempster ssp. wenatchicum Dempster & Ehrend.
Annotated by Valerie Soza. Sources: Brittonia 17: 289–334, 1965.

Washington: Kittitas County: Wenatchee Mountains, Bean Creek Trail from Beverly Turnpike Trail, just above junction, ca. 1/2 mile from trailhead. Elev. 4100 ft.
47° 23' 45" N, 120° 52' 23" W
Northwest-facing, moderate, rocky slope above creek, in dry gravelly soil. Pseudotsuga menziesii forest. Associated with Achillea millefolium, Artemisia cf. douglasiana, Aspidotis densa, Draba cf. nemorosa, Elymus glaucus, Eriogonum compositum compositum, Lomatium nudicaule, Lupinus, and Phacelia hastata leucophylla. Locally common perennial, +/- erect, up to 10 in. tall, woody at base. Stems and leaves puberulent. Leaves narrowly elliptic. Corolla glabrous, light yellow to pink. Fruit densely long-hairy. Dioecious with males and females in equal ratio (50 : 50). This plant female. Phenology: Flowers and Fruits.

Valerie Soza 1762a, Jul 12, 2004
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