Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Lady's Bedstraw, Galium verum, Boladh cnis
Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Ladys Bedstraw
Galium verum
Boladh cnis
Family: Rubiaceae

Flowering time: July-August. Perennial. Native.

The panicles of small golden-yellow flowers on 4-angled stems are followed by hairless black fruit. There are 8-12 narrow, pointed leaves in whorls up stems, single-veined. A sprawling, hairless plant with creeping stems at the base. Height: 15-60cm

Can be common in parts of central Ireland and on Irish coasts among grassland, dunes and on coastal road banks.

Lady's Bedstraw, Galium verum, Boladh cnis

Lady's Bedstraw, Galium verum, Boladh cnis
Lady's Bedstraw, Galium verum, Boladh cnis

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