Galium saxatile
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Galium saxatile or heath bedstraw[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is related to cleavers.
Galium saxatile is a perennial mat-forming herb, found on grassland, moors, heaths and woods. It can reach a height of Script error: No such module "convert"., and flowers in the UK from May to August. The stems are hairless and four sided. Its leaves are Script error: No such module "convert". long, with 6–8 per whorl, and are lanceolate or obovate in shape. The mountain ringlet butterfly uses the plant for nectar.[2][3]
Galium saxatile avoids calcareous substrate and mainly grows on light siliceous soils[4][5] and is widespread across much of northern and central Europe from Portugal and Ireland to Scandinavia, France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Russia. It is also reportedly sparingly naturalized in Quebec, California and the Falkland Islands.[6][7]
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- ↑ Biota of North America Project
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- The Wild Flower Key British Isles – NW Europe by Francis Rose
- Wild Flowers of Britain by Roger Phillips
External links
- Skye Flora
- Luontoportti, Nature Gate, Heath Bedstraw
- Tela Botanica
- Den Virtuella floran, Stenmåra, Galium saxatile L.
- Besançon, Gaillet des rochers, Galium saxatile Template:Webarchive
- Wilde planten in Nederland en België, Liggend walstro, Plat slyt, Gaillet des rochers, Harzer Labkraut, Heath Bedstraw Template:Webarchive
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- Galium
- Flora of Belgium
- Flora of Quebec
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Falkland Islands
- Flora of Portugal
- Flora of the Azores
- Flora of the United Kingdom
- Flora of France
- Flora of Germany
- Flora of Poland
- Flora of Ukraine
- Flora of Russia
- Flora of Switzerland
- Flora of Norway
- Flora of Sweden
- Flora of the Faroe Islands
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status