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Rough Bedstraw

Galium asprellum. Madder Family.

Stem.--Much branched; rough with crooked prickles; leaning on bushes; three to four feet high. Leaves.--In whorls of four to six; with almost prickly margins; sharply-pointed at tip; oval. Flowers.--As in small bedstraw. This larger bedstraw is common and noticeable in New England, as well as farther south and west. All three species of Galium are conspicuous chiefly on account of their pretty foliage.