fen bedstraw
galium uliginosum latin

Fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum)

Galium uliginosum or Fen Bedstraw is a plant species of the genus Galium.

This wetland site supports a number of other plants, which include Lesser Spearwort, Common Water-crowfoot, Narrow-leaved Water-plantain, Marsh Speedwell, Pink Water-speedwell, Fen Bedstraw and Marsh Foxtail.

Fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum)

The larva feed on Asperula and Galium species (including Galium palustre and Galium uliginosum).

Also present are four species which are local in Devon: Wood club-rush Scirpus sylvaticus, Marsh Valerian Valeriana dioica, Fen Bedstraw Galium uliginosum and Common Spike-rush Eleocharis palustris.

Locally uncommon plants include Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia, Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata, Common Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and Fen Bedstraw Galium uliginosum and the nationally rare Labrador-tea Rhododendron tomentosum.