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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  3. Biota of North America Project
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  6. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. Altervista Flora Italiana

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  • The Wild Flower Key British Isles – NW Europe by Francis Rose
  • Wild Flowers of Britain by Roger Phillips

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