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catchweed bedstraw
Galium aparine
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
fragrant bedstrawGalium triflorum
False CleaversGalium spurium
Hedge BedstrawGalium mollugo
rough bedstrawGalium asprellum
Sweet WoodruffGalium odoratum
shining bedstrawGalium concinnum
River BedstrawGalium rivale
green carpetweedMollugo verticillata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 66,807 |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 12,264 |
| California | 10,799 |
| England | 10,734 |
| Texas | 8,929 |
| Canada | 8,118 |
| British Columbia | 5,855 |
| New York | 3,767 |
| Washington | 3,614 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,590 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies · Gentianales |
| Family | madder family · Rubiaceae |
| Genus | bedstraws · Galium |
Study it in a deck
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
- Plants of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
- Plants of Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise catchweed bedstraw with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.