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Galium saxatile (heath bedstraw)

Synonyms: Galium harcynicum var. arvernense; Galium harcynicum var. riparium; Galium harcynicum var. transiens; Galium helveticum; Galium pumilum saxatile

Wikipedia Abstract

Galium saxatile or heath bedstraw is a plant species of the genus Galium. It is related to Cleavers (also known as sticky willy). Galium saxatile is a perennial matt-forming herb, found on grassland, moors, heaths and woods. It can reach a height of 20 centimetres (7.9 in), and flowers in the UK from May to August. The stems are hairless and four-sided. Its leaves are 8–25 millimetres (0.31–0.98 in) long, with 6–8 per whorl, and are lanceolate or obovate in shape. The Mountain Ringlet butterfly uses the plant for nectar.
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Infraspecies

Galium saxatile var. saxatile
Galium saxatile var. vivianum

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  White
Height [2]  12 inches (.3 m)
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [4]  Herb
Light Preference [3]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [3]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Moist

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Aphantopus hyperantus (Ringlet Butterfly)[6]
Coenonympha pamphilus (Small Heath Butterfly)[6]
Parasyrphus annulatus[6]
Parasyrphus lineolus[6]
Pyrgus malvae (Grizzled Skipper)[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Leptotrochila verrucosa[8]
Peronospora galii[8]
Puccinia galii-verni[8]
Puccinia punctata[8]
Pucciniastrum guttatum[8]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6Ecology of Commanster
♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0