Galium tomentosum - Velcro bush

Dioecious, prickly, scrambling perennial to 3 m. Typical of the species are the soft angled stems, which are densely hairy, Leaves in whorls of 6--8, ovate-lanceolate, margins prickly. Flowers many in axillary cymes, peduncles woolly, anthers subsessile, yellowish.

Identification

• likely ID 
  Velcro bush, Kleefgras (Galium tomentosum) by outrampsmarge

  

  at 7:58 pm 22/02/13

  Confidence: I'm as sure as I can be.
  ID agreements (): 1 person agrees with this identification.

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• Kleefgras (Rubia petiolaris) by Nicky

  

  at 5:20 pm 25/02/13

  Confidence: It's likely to be this, but I can't be certain.
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Other observations of Velcro bush, Kleefgras (Galium tomentosum)