Common name: Catchweed Bedstraw
Latin name: Galium aparine L.
Family: Rubicaceae
Life Cycle: Annual
Type: Broadleaf
Description: Winter annual with a prostrate growth or trailing growth habit, can grow up-right along fences and structures. It has square stems with bristly hairs, whorled leaf arrangement, and narrow, linear leaves.
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