Galium aparine plants5 (15287032375)
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Description:
Description: Introduced, cool-season, annual herb. Stems are more or less stout and to 1.5 m long, with retrorse prickles mainly along the angles and long thin hairs at the nodes. Leaves and stipules are in whorls of 6–9, sessile, simple, oblanceolate and 1–6 cm long; margins have recurved hairs, upper surface and midvein on lower surface have small hooked hairs. Flowerheads are mostly 2–7-flowered. Flowers are to 1 mm long and whitish. Fruit are 3–5 mm long and densely covered with hooked hairs. Flowering is from August to January. A native of Europe, it is a widespread weed. Date: 19 September 2014, 14:47. Source: Galium aparine plants5. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia.
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- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
- Spermatophytes
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Gentianales
- Rubiaceae (coffee family)
- Galium (bedstraw)
- Galium aparine (stickywilly)
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