Catchweed Bedstraw

(Galium aparine)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flower	Fruit

Growing habits: Prostrate, mat-forming reclining summer or winter annual

Root anatomy: Shallow and matted, fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves whorled around stem in rings of 6-8

Reproduction: Clusters of 1-5, small, white petals

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}