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Galium sterneri
Limestone bedstraw is a low, mat-forming wild perennial native to northern Europe, found on grassy or rocky, often limestone, ground. It is a wild plant rather than a garden subject, so care guidance is limited.
Galium sterneri or limestone bedstraw is a plant species of bedstraw in the coffee family. It is native to northern Europe in countries that border the North Sea and Ireland but not further south than northern Germany. It tends to be found in grassy or rocky areas and is often associated with limestone. The species was only scientifically described in 1960.
Galium sterneri is native to northern Europe in the countries of Norway, Denmark including the Faroe Islands, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In Norway it grows in just a small area in the southwest facing the North Sea. It is widespread in Denmark, but is only reported from a small area of northern Germany in Schleswig-Holstein. In Ireland the species is most often reported in an area in the central western part of the island, but with widely scattered reports from the north. On Great Britain it grows in more rugged areas such as in Wales, the northwest of England, Scotland, and Orkney. In the UK it has been found growing at elevations as high as 975 meters on Creag Mhor.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galium sterneri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
