Species: Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
Family: Bedstraws (RUBIACEAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Bedstraws (RUBIACEAE)
This is a huge worldwide family, whose main characteristic is the way the leaves are arranged in whorls around the stems.
C. Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
Hedge Bedstraw - sometimes called "false baby's breath" - is a herbaceous annual plant, native to Britain and Europe, and naturalised widely across the globe. It has smooth, square stems that produce rising branches that support very small white flowers with four petals. These white flowers are followed by black fruits. It has one-veined leaves that end in a point. It flowers from June to September.
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Hedge Bedstraw
Hedge Bedstraw -sometimes called "false baby's breath" - flowers from June to September.
