Smooth Bedstraw - Gallium mollugo
  • Tiny, numerous 4 petaled, white flowers
  • G Mollugo is distinguished from the 12 other
  • Gallium sp. In the province by the following
  • It is a large often sprawling plant with mostly smooth stms, leaf tips and fruit
  • 8 leaves/node on the main stem 6-8 leaves/node on branches
  • Inflorescence is terminal, loose and relatively leafless

The Problem

  • Most troublesome in long-lived forage crops and in spruce plantations and revegetaton areas
  • Livestock avoid it and perform poorly on it
  • Once established it is hard to control

Distribution

  • Found throughout the province in fields and waste places