The plant may be straggly, particularly when the begin to bloom
The whorled leaf arrangement is characteristic
As the blooms develop
Flowers are very small. The hooked hairs are visible on the leaves
The fruitGalium aparine is native to Eurasia and the United States. It grows throughout the United States and Canada,
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Distribution Map:
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database: Galium aparine (Stickywilly)
- University of North Carolina Herbarium: Galium aperine
Identification resources:
- Southeastern Flora: Bedstraw (Galium aparine)
- Native & Naturalized Plants of Georgia and the Carolinas. Galium aparine
- Missouri Plants: Galium aparine
- Wikipedia: Galium asparine
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2 comments:
I've just spent half an hour pulling it off my dog... it gets worse later in the year when all the seed heads come off, lol!
I remember fashioning nests for the birds out of it when I was a kid... i was sure they would use one of mine to save themselves the bother....
You'll have to forgive me. That's so funny. Not really. I knew they were sticky but have never had them stick to me and I don't have a dog. Cat's don't seem to wander through them.
The ones I hate/dread/loathe are the Biden sp. (Cobbler's Pegs). They were the bane of our lives as kids in Australia and there's a species here that is just as bad in the Fall.
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