Galium mollugo

Common Name: 

smooth bedstraw, wild madder

Scientific Name: 

Galium mollugo L

Family Name: 

Rubiaceae - Madder Family

Identification Notes

Life Cycle

introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes

Stems

initial upright then sprawling, slender, smooth, weak, square, much-branched

Leaves

oblanceolate to obovate, bright green, whorled 6 to 8 per node, sessile

Flowers

4-petaled, small, white; stalked axillary clusters

Fruit

round, smooth