See text Species[2] Subspecies Galium album, common names white bedstraw[7] and upright hedge bedstraw,[8] is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae and is native to much of Europe.

[10][11] Galium album is widespread over much of Europe, native to a large region from Britain to Morocco, east to Turkey and Western Siberia.

It has been introduced and is naturalized in Ireland, Scandinavia, Greenland and South Australia.

[2] It is found in pastures and grassy banks, especially on dry calcareous soils.

[9] Five subspecies were accepted by Plants of the World Online as of December 2024[update], listed here with their native distributions:[2]