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False baby's breath

Galium mollugo

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IntroducedInvasiveHerbPerennial
False baby's breath, photo 1 of 5
False baby's breath, In flower
False baby's breath, Flower buds

Perennial herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec and invasive. Grows in thickets and in fields.

There are 502 observations of False baby's breath in Québec, mostly in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Estrie, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from October to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent75
  2. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine68
  3. Estrie67
  4. Capitale-Nationale60
  5. Montérégie50
  6. Outaouais43
  7. Mauricie35
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue27
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches20
  10. Montréal17
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean12
  12. Laurentides10
  13. Centre-du-Québec9
  14. Côte-Nord5
  15. Lanaudière4

Habitat

ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli
FieldsMario Hains

Taxonomy

KingdomPlantaePhylumTracheophytaClassMagnoliopsidaOrderGentianalesFamilyRubiaceaeGenusGalium

Similar species

White bedstrawGalium album
CleaversGalium aparine
Northern bedstrawGalium boreale
Fragrant bedstrawGalium triflorum
Yellow Spring bedstrawGalium verum
Rough bedstrawGalium asprellum
TOXIC
Sweetscented bedstrawGalium odoratum
Common marsh bedstrawGalium palustre
Marin County bedstrawGalium spurium
ScotchmistGalium sylvaticum
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Yellow toadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Stiff marsh bedstrawGalium tinctorium
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