Galium saxatile Heath Bedstraw CCC DD N
This is a plant most often found in neutral or acid grassland along with such as Potentilla erecta (Tormentil). It tends to be low lying although not procumbent and is often as in this photo tangled with the grass.
G. saxatile is common throughout Wales, Scotland and England except fro some patches near the fens. It is also found throughout Ireland.
Cheshire field, 20th June 2005
Added on October 31st 2005, updated 20th January 2009, updated 31st March 2010