Common Name: hairy bedstrawScientific Name: Galium pilosum Ait.Family Name: Rubiaceae - Madder FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright or ascending, square stems, multiple from base and branching, unbranched above, densely pubescent and hairy Leaveswhorled 4 per node, oval, rigid, hairy Flowers4-petaled, greenish-white to purplish, small; terminal or axillary cymes Fruitround, dense bristles