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Northern Bedstraw

Galium boreale

310Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May33
Jun81
Jul69
Aug52
Sep33
Oct7
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland113
2Perth and Kinross Scotland61
3Cumbria England33
4Argyll and Bute Scotland19
5North Yorkshire England17
6Stirling Scotland7
7Aberdeenshire Scotland6
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland3
10Powys Wales2
11Moray Scotland2
12South Ayrshire Scotland1
13Angus Scotland1
14South Lanarkshire Scotland1
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
85 England214 Scotland2 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
310
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Galium boreale
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,615
Most recorded in
Highland, Perth and Kinross
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Galium
Name with authority
Galium boreale L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158947 · GBIF 2914338