Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

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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 Calow
    Springwell Lane, near Whetsone
    01 July 2016
  • David Nicholls
    Burbage Common
    01 July 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    31 August 2012
  • HAPeacock
    City Farm - Cow Field
    26 June 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley
    24 June 2011
  • HAPeacock
    City Farm - Cow Field
    26 June 2012

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Species profile

Common names
Lady's Bedstraw
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
309
First record:
22/06/2006 (John Kramer)
Last record:
02/10/2023 (Smith, Peter)

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  • Graham Calow
    The Park Field, Sapcote
    23 June 2006
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common
    21 July 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    23 June 2006
  • Graham Calow
    The Park Field, Sapcote
    23 June 2006
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley
    24 June 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Lea Meadows
    07 July 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Jubilee Walk, Leire
    02 August 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    02 September 2011
  • HAPeacock
    City Farm - Cow Field
    26 June 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Harby, Langar La verge
    07 July 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    12 July 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    12 July 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Nature Alive, Coalville
    12 July 2012
  • HAPeacock
    Billa Barra
    21 July 2012
  • HAPeacock
    Billa Barra
    21 July 2012
  • HAPeacock
    Billa Barra
    21 July 2012
  • Fran Marsland
    Broughton Astley
    17 July 2012
  • Dave Neville
    Hathern
    23 August 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Frolesworth Churchyard
    28 July 2015