Coprosma repens
Rubiaceae
May to June
It is widely planted in the South and Southwest, and is
naturalised in the Isles of Scilly.
See the BSBI distribution map for Tree Bedstraw
It is a neophyte introduced from New Zealand.
It has been planted as a hedge plant in the Isles of Scilly.
It has become naturalised and is found throughout the
islands on waste ground and in hedge-rows and rocky
places.
In the UK it has been described as a garden thug.
In Australasia and the US it is classified as an
environmentalweed.
Tree Bedstraw is an evergreen shrub or tree, growing to
over 3m.
Male and female flowers are on separate plants.
Male flowers are clusters of cream stamens.
Female flowers are in smaller clusters of greenish, linear
tendrils.
Fruits are orange drupes.
Leaves are oval to round, glossy and dark green (paler
on the undersides).
The leaf margins are recurved.
The more extreme the environmental conditions the
greater the extent of leaf rolling.
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Tree Bedstraw, Bryher, Isles of Scilly
Clusters of male flowers
Close-up of stamens and anthers
Female flowers
Close-up of female flowers
Ripe and unripe fruits (September)
Leaves - slightly recurved at margins
On rocks by the sea, St. Agnes
Amongst the lichens
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