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
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