Irish wildflowers

Hedge Bedstraw, Galium album, Rú fáil
Photographs: Inchigeela, Co. Cork

Hedge Bedstraw
Galium album (Galium mollugo)
Rú fáil
Family: Rubiaceae

Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Probably introduced.

Small white 4-petalled flowers in terminal clusters followed by smooth black fruit. Weak-stemmed, scrambling plant with a 4-angled smooth stem. There are 6-8 narrow leaves in each whorl with forward pointing prickles on the leaf edges. Plant hairless or slightly downy. Very variable, height: 30-100cm

Occasional, mainly found in hedge-banks and grassland.

Similar: Marsh-bedstraw, G. palustre. Native, common

Hedge Bedstraw, Galium album, Rú fáil

Hedge Bedstraw, Galium album, Rú fáil
Hedge Bedstraw, Galium album (Galium mollugo), Rú fáil

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