Annual Bedstraw, Common Bedstraw, Cleavers, Common Cleavers, Goose-grass, Sticky-willy
Galium aparine
Synonyms: Galium agreste var. echinospermum, Galium aparine var. aparine, Galium aparine var. echinospermum, Galium aparine var. intermedium, Galium aparine var. minor, Galium aparine ssp. spurium, Galium aparine var. vaillantii, Galium spurium, Galium spurium var. echinospermum, Galium spurium var. vaillantii, Galium vaillantii
The photo above shows the whorled leaves and
hooked hairs at the corners of the square stems of annual bedstraw as seen on
Mt. Adams........May 29, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of the upper
stem and several whorls of leaves of annual bedstraw.
Paul Slichter
