Question: I know this is a bedstraw. Wondering if it is rough bedstraw. Found towards the bottom of a slope near …
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I know this is a bedstraw. Wondering if it is rough bedstraw. Found towards the bottom of a slope near wetlands and a stream in Wayland. Thanks
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Dear Sheila, good morning. You have photographed Galium aparine (scratch bedstraw), a native species of bedstraw that occurs in a variety of habitats. The narrow leaves in whorls of 8 (usually, sometimes only 6 per whorl) and very scabrous stems and leaves mark this species.
