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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Coffees, Bedstraws, and Allies
  7. Bedstraws
  8. Galium mollugo
  9. Hedge Bedstraw

species 51,318 observations

Hedge Bedstraw

Galium mollugo

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

54 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Bedstraw Hawkmoth, Satyr Pug Moth, Common Carpet Moth, Garden Tiger 11
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Bedstraw Sawfly 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Fleahopper, Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw 13
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Black-thighed Flower Fly, Hairy-eyed Flower Fly, Variable Duskyface Fly, Common Flower Fly 29

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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