It is sometimes regarded as a variety of the Great Hedge Bedstraw (G.
Three of the four belong to the Bedstraw genus (Galium), in which the corolla is wheel-shaped.
The common Bedstraw (Galium vernum) is a British weed, common in dry fields and on little knolls, which produces its cluster of bright yellow flowers in July and August.
It feeds, in July and early August, on bedstraw (Galium mollugo and G.
It feeds on bedstraw (Galium) and other plants, such as primrose, groundsel, etc.
It feeds, at night, in July and August, onbedstraw (Galium mollugo, and G.
It feeds on bedstraw in late June and July, and there is a second brood in August and September.
The caterpillar, which feeds at night onbedstraw (Galium mollugo and G.
It feeds on the flowers of bedstraw (Galium mollugo, and G.
It feeds on yellow bedstraw (Galium verum), and may be reared on other kinds of Galium.
It feeds at night on bedstraw (Galium), in the spring to May, after hibernation.
The yellow-flowering bedstraw (Galium verum) seems to be the kind upon which the caterpillar is most often found, but it also occurs on the hedge bedstraw (G.
The egg is a rich full green and rather glossy; it is laid in June on yellow bedstraw and other kinds of Galium.
This was in 1834, when four moths were captured in August, and eight or nine others seen at Yarmouth; caterpillars were also found on the bedstraw growing on the Denes.
It feeds, at night, in August and September, on bedstraw growing in dry places.
It feeds, chiefly, at night, in July and August, on Epilobium hirsutum and on bedstraw especially the kind (G.
Although the occurrence of the moth in Britain has been more frequently recorded, probably in error for the Bedstraw Hawk, there are at least two that are undoubtedly authentic.
There is a white bedstraw as well as a yellow, and you will often find great masses of both growing like a carpet on the grassy hedge-banks.
The stems of the Yellow Bedstraw are not strong, although they grow to a great length, and the plant is usually lying in a tangled mass near the ground.
Our Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum) filled the manger on which the infant Jesus was laid.
At Bethlehem, the manger in which the Infant Jesus was laid after His birth was filled with Our Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum).
Bedstraw is, according to some, a corruption of Beadstraw.
The flowers of this Bedstraw bloom towards August, about the time of the Feast of the Annunciation, and a legend says they first burst into blossom at the birth of our Saviour.
Highlanders make special use of the common Yellow Bedstraw for this purpose, and to colour their cheese.
Furthermore, this Bedstraw has been called Goose-grease, from a mistaken belief that obstructive ailments of geese can be cured therewith.
Its chief food plants are the hairy willow herb (Epilobium hirsutum), three species of bedstraw (Galium verum, G.
This larva may be found in July and August, feeding on species of bedstraw (Galium verum, G.
It feeds on the hedge bedstraw (Galium Mollugo), and when full grown it changes to a chrysalis in a light cocoon on the ground.
The caterpillar feeds on the lady's bedstraw (Galium verum), hedge bedstraw (G.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bedstraw" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
