This is a quite distinctive and robust bedstraw with four leaves per whorl and three clear veins in each leaf. It is well named Northern Bedstraw because its distribution in mainland Britain is, with a few exceptions in Wales, almost entirely in the north of England and Scotland. It is also found mostly in the west of Ireland.

Near Cronkley Bridge 22nd June 2005

Added on October 30th 2005, updated 20th Janury 2009, updated 31st March 2010