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Common Marsh-bedstraw

Galium palustre

8,973Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
101Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb5
Mar18
Apr128
May545
Jun1,875
Jul2,297
Aug1,480
Sep555
Oct104
Nov28
Dec4

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,526
2Norfolk England989
3Pembrokeshire Wales514
4Argyll and Bute Scotland361
5Powys Wales330
6Highland Scotland303
7Ceredigion Wales220
8Cumbria England207
9Isle of Anglesey Wales168
10Cambridgeshire England157
11Gwynedd Wales149
12Herefordshire, County of England149
13North Yorkshire England134
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland121
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland121
5,433 England1,468 Scotland1,613 Wales153 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 101 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,973
Peak month
July
Counties with records
101
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Galium palustre
Also known as
Marsh-bedstraw
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
42,583
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Galium
Name with authority
Galium palustre L.
Contributing datasets
58

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159757 · GBIF 2913130