Galium album

White Bedstraw

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Common name

White Bedstraw.

Scientific name

Galium album Mill.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Galium album is a perennial herbaceous plant. Flowering June-August¹.

Habitat

Mixed deciduous forests and shrubs, meadows with disturbed grass cover, riverside terraces, grassy, less often rocky and sandy areas on silicate and calcareous terrain².

Distribution in Bulgaria

In the whole country from 0 to 2000 m above sea level³.

General distribution

Map of general distribution⁴ (in green - native, in purple - introduced):

Galium album

References

1 Анчев, М. 1989. В: Флора на Народна Република България. Том IХ. София.

2 Анчев, М. 1989. В: Флора на Народна Република България. Том IХ. София.

3 Стоянов К., Райчева Цв. & Чешмеджиев И. 2022. Определител на местни и чужди растения в България. Академично издателство на Аграрния университет, Пловдив. ISBN 978-954-517-313-4 www.botanica.gallery [публикуван на 25.06.2022, последна актуализация 19.07.2024] - CC-BY-NC-4.0.

4 Galium album Mill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.

Galium album на български