Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum
Description
Usually less than 30 cm tall and rather sprawling. Stoloniferous. Stems rounded with four rows of hairs. Leaves dark green, shiny in whorls of 8 to 12. Flowers golden yellow 2 to 3 mm in dense golden panicle.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Grassland, hedgebanks and roadside verges, etc.
When to see it
June to September.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Commonand widespread in Britain.
VC55 Status
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 520 of the 617 tetrads
Graham CalowSpringwell Lane, near Whetsone01 July 2016
David NichollsBurbage Common01 July 2011
Graham CalowUllesthorpe Stewardship Farm31 August 2012
HAPeacockCity Farm - Cow Field26 June 2012
Graham CalowBroughton Astley24 June 2011
HAPeacockCity Farm - Cow Field26 June 2012
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. 'The Park' Field Sapcote SP 4848 9330 (taken 23.6.2006)..JPG)
Graham CalowThe Park Field, Sapcote23 June 2006
Graham CalowBurbage Common21 July 2015. Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4925 9287 (taken 23.6.2006).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote23 June 2006 'The Park' Field Sapcote SP 4848 9330 (taken 23.6.2006).JPG)
Graham CalowThe Park Field, Sapcote23 June 2006
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley24 June 2011
David NichollsLea Meadows07 July 2011
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire02 August 2011
David NichollsUllesthorpe Stewardship Farm02 September 2011
HAPeacockCity Farm - Cow Field26 June 2012
Alan SemperHarby, Langar La verge07 July 2012
Barbara CooperClawson Hill12 July 2012
Barbara CooperClawson Hill12 July 2012
David NichollsNature Alive, Coalville12 July 2012
HAPeacockBilla Barra21 July 2012
HAPeacockBilla Barra21 July 2012
HAPeacockBilla Barra21 July 2012
Fran MarslandBroughton Astley17 July 2012
Dave NevilleHathern23 August 2012
Graham CalowFrolesworth Churchyard28 July 2015
. 'The Park' Field Sapcote SP 4848 9330 (taken 23.6.2006)..JPG)
. Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4925 9287 (taken 23.6.2006).JPG)
 'The Park' Field Sapcote SP 4848 9330 (taken 23.6.2006).JPG)
