A plant of high summer, this one covers many banks of minor and major roads and even motorways. On the A55 leading into North Wales the steep banks are covered with it. Lady's bedstraw was used as a soft and fragrant mattress filling for ladies but more than that it had styptic properties (placed on wounds to stop bleeding) and in Cheshire was used to curdle the milk used in the making of Cheese.
Great Orme 18th July 2002
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