Galium aparine
Family: Rubiaceae
Plant Description: Annual with scrambling stems to 120 cm long. Herb, sems sprawling, with stiff, curved bristles. Leaves whorled in groups of 6-8 blades spatulate up to 2.6 cm long. Flowers radial, in axillary chymes, white, less than 3 mm broad.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification: Bristles while not strong will allow the plant to stick onto clothing.
Occurrence: Common on various soils in prairies, openings and waste places.
Bloom Period: March-May
Plant Use:
Key to species of Gallium is found in Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White.
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