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Hedge Bedstraw
Galium mollugo
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
white bedstrawGalium album
catchweed bedstrawGalium aparine
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale
fragrant bedstrawGalium triflorum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
rough bedstrawGalium asprellum
Sweet WoodruffGalium odoratum
Common Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 175,446 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 169,766 |
| Russia | 17,866 |
| Moscow Oblast | 2,328 |
| Moscow | 2,271 |
| Canada | 2,131 |
| New York | 1,864 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,390 |
| Vermont | 1,076 |
| Massachusetts | 1,008 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies · Gentianales |
| Family | madder family · Rubiaceae |
| Genus | bedstraws · Galium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Hedge Bedstraw with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.