Family: Rubiaceae Hedge Bedstraw Galium album (Galium mollugo) Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native Common throughout England and Wales on base-rich soil in open woodland and hedges, less frequent in Scotland and Ireland. A hairless or slightly downy scrambling plant with 4-angled smooth stems and terminal clusters of small white 4-petalled flowers followed by smooth black fruit. The narrow, single-veined leaves have forward pointing prickles on the leaf edges and are in whorls of 6-8. Height 30-100cm <

Hedge Bedstraw, Galium album (G. mollugo)
Parkstone, Dorset. September 2012