Galium album
Galium album
FamilyGenus: Galiumnative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
Species
About this species
A native British herbaceous plant of the bedstraw family, Galium album bears broad leaves on non-woody stems and typically reaches 58 cm in height. It favours sunny conditions, moderately moist, calcareous to neutral ground, and flowers freely from March until September.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Annual cycle
Flowering from March to September.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Flowering period
Mär – Sep
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.583 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
Grow in full sun in moderately moist, alkaline to neutral soil of average fertility. It suits wildflower meadows, borders and naturalistic schemes.
Scientific profile
Galium album is a native wild plant in Great Britain, belonging to the Rubiaceae family. It is a non-woody, broad-leaved herbaceous species that typically attains a height of around 58 cm. The foliage is broad, and tiny flowers are produced over a long season, from March through to September. It is a plant of open, sunny positions. It requires a moderate moisture supply and shows a clear preference for alkaline to neutral, calcareous soils. Nutrient demands are modest, fitting the description of a species of ordinary to mildly fertile ground. The terrestrial growth habit and moderate stature allow it to mingle with other herbs in grassland and similar habitats.
Pollinators & visitors
42 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Sphaerophoria scriptaLasioglossum laevigatumOsmia spinulosaHalictus tumulorumHalictus scabiosaeBombus lapidariusSyrphus torvusSyrphus vitripennisBombus sylvarumBombus soroeensisSphaerophoria interruptaEpisyrphus balteatusParasyrphus vittigerParasyrphus annulatusPlatycheirus albimanusSphaerophoria taeniataLasioglossum fulvicorneMeliscaeva cinctellaEupeodes corollaeScaeva pyrastriEupeodes bucculatusManiola jurtinaMerodon rufusXylota jakutorumMelanostoma mellinumBlera fallaxHeringia pubescensSyrphus ribesiiEupeodes latifasciatusCheilosia mutabilisPipizella annulataCheilosia antiquaCoenonympha glycerionMelitaea athaliaParagus pecchioliiEristalis tenaxParagus haemorrhousChrysotoxum bicinctumPipizella viduataSyritta pipiensParhelophilus versicolorApis mellifera
Host relationships
21 species use this plant as a host
macroglossum stellatarumIdaea dimidiataCatarhoe rubidataCatarhoe cuculataEuphyia biangulataEpirrhoe galiataColostygia olivataCoenotephria salicataColostygia pectinatariaXestia sexstrigataAxylia putrisDeilephila porcellusXanthorhoe montanataXestia xanthographaLampropteryx suffumataEpirrhoe alternataEpirrhoe rivataCosmorhoe ocellataCaradrina morpheusHyles livornicaAporophyla nigra
Other flower visitors
22 other species visit the flowers
Thricops nigrifronsThricops nigritellusThricops beckeriDelia platuraMyospila meditabundaLasiomma strigilatumHebecnema nigricolorPhaonia servaEmpis maerensPipiziella viduataCalliphoridaeScathophagidaeStenomicridaeMuscidaeTenthredopsis cf frieseiSarcophaga haemorrhoaPeribaea tibialisSarcophaga variegatagBotanophila fugaxHydrotaea pandelleiHercostomus fugaxThricops longipes
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•pollinator_interactions
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
•Foto: © Adobe Stock / AdobeStock_409232222
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