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Heath Bedstraw

Galium saxatile

11,207Records since 2000
JunePeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan48
Feb74
Mar198
Apr237
May1,000
Jun3,200
Jul2,261
Aug1,363
Sep878
Oct179
Nov61
Dec23

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,747
2Worcestershire England1,268
3Argyll and Bute Scotland692
4Perth and Kinross Scotland649
5Cumbria England530
6Powys Wales501
7North Yorkshire England447
8Sheffield England267
9Devon England197
10Aberdeenshire Scotland196
11Ceredigion Wales169
12Stirling Scotland160
13Gwynedd Wales145
14Scottish Borders Scotland143
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland137
4,881 England4,257 Scotland1,066 Wales70 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,207
Peak month
June
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Galium saxatile
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
41,834
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Galium
Name with authority
Galium saxatile L.
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162517 · GBIF 2914547