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Galium_aparine1_2024-05-25 SW Michigan USA In the fall and winter when wandering near the lake shore in an area where these live, many (too many) of the seeds attach to my clothing with their fishhook barbed hairs and are quite difficult to remove. <br /> <br /> Immature seed:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160815/galium_aparine2_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html" title="Galium_aparine2_2024-05-25 SW Michigan USA"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/11710/160815_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=U3UI1ZRD7RVSv7O2fj7sQhJMPzE%3D" width="200" height="154" alt="Galium_aparine2_2024-05-25 SW Michigan USA Immature seeds, of this plant:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160814/galium_aparine1_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html Cleavers,Galium aparine" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Flower, looking down at the top of the stalk:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160816/galium_aparine3_2024-05-26_sw_michigan_usa.html" title="Galium_aparine3_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/11710/160816_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=PcsNzBCAUHUvLm1j289AechEOoY%3D" width="200" height="176" alt="Galium_aparine3_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA Flowers and developing seeds at the tip of the plant. The flowers are quite small, on this plant about 1.5mm wide when fully open.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160814/galium_aparine1_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html Cleavers,Galium aparine" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Flower in profile:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160836/galium_aparine4_2024-05-26_sw_michigan_usa.html" title="Galium_aparine4_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/11710/160836_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=R5l3IKce90iREtWNQzqNejrdGDQ%3D" width="200" height="184" alt="Galium_aparine4_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA Flower in profile of this plant:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160814/galium_aparine1_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html Catchweed Bedstraw,Galium aparine,LensTagger" /></a></figure> Cleavers,Galium aparine,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Galium_aparine1_2024-05-25 SW Michigan USA

In the fall and winter when wandering near the lake shore in an area where these live, many (too many) of the seeds attach to my clothing with their fishhook barbed hairs and are quite difficult to remove.

Immature seed:

Galium_aparine2_2024-05-25 SW Michigan USA Immature seeds, of this plant:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160814/galium_aparine1_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html Cleavers,Galium aparine


Flower, looking down at the top of the stalk:
Galium_aparine3_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA Flowers and developing seeds at the tip of the plant. The flowers are quite small, on this plant about 1.5mm wide when fully open.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160814/galium_aparine1_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html Cleavers,Galium aparine


Flower in profile:
Galium_aparine4_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA Flower in profile of this plant:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160814/galium_aparine1_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html Catchweed Bedstraw,Galium aparine,LensTagger

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The Catchweed Bedstraw

"Galium aparine", with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed, robin-run-the-hedge, goosegrass,and sticky willy, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae.

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Uploaded May 26, 2024. Captured May 25, 2024 11:42 in FG6J+8M Delton, MI, USA.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/6.3
  • 1/30s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm