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Galium_aparine4_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA Flower in profile of this plant:<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160814/galium_aparine1_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html" title="Galium_aparine1_2024-05-25 SW Michigan USA"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/11710/160814_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=vTLIzjMUJ6cg7o8rHpEGKP97r%2FE%3D" width="200" height="140" alt="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 /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160815/galium_aparine2_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html<br /> <br /> Flower, looking down at the top of the stalk:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160816/galium_aparine3_2024-05-26_sw_michigan_usa.html<br /> <br /> Flower in profile:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160836/galium_aparine4_2024-05-26_sw_michigan_usa.html Cleavers,Galium aparine,Geotagged,Spring,United States" /></a></figure> Catchweed Bedstraw,Galium aparine,LensTagger Click/tap to enlarge

Galium_aparine4_2024-05-26 SW Michigan USA

Flower in profile of this plant:

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 /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160815/galium_aparine2_2024-05-25_sw_michigan_usa.html<br /> <br /> Flower, looking down at the top of the stalk:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160816/galium_aparine3_2024-05-26_sw_michigan_usa.html<br /> <br /> Flower in profile:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160836/galium_aparine4_2024-05-26_sw_michigan_usa.html Cleavers,Galium aparine,Geotagged,Spring,United States

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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 27, 2024. Captured May 26, 2024 19:58.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/2.8
  • 1/25s
  • ISO64
  • 25mm