Common Name: smooth bedstraw, wild madder
Scientific Name: Galium mollugo L.
Family Name: Rubiaceae - Madder Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes

stems - initial upright then sprawling, slender, smooth, weak, square, much-branched growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3

leaves - oblanceolate to obovate, bright green, whorled 6 to 8 per node, sessile leaves 1, leaves 2, leaves 3

flowers - 4-petaled, small, white; stalked axillary clusters flowers 1, flowers 2

fruit - round, smooth fruit 1, fruit 2, fruit 3, fruit 4

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