Catchweed Bedstraw (Galium aparine) 2013-5-25 Newark Oaks, DE

aka Cleavers, Velcro Plant, Stickywilly, Goose-Grass, Grip-Grass, Snatch-Grass, and Catch-Grass

-square stems with downward pointing hairs
-6-8 leaves in whorls at the nodes
-prefers dry areas
-scrambles along the ground until it finds something to climb and then it goes up, and up, and up
-flowers have 4 petals

there is another similar, read here:
http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu/article.php?id=373
G. mollugo: perennial, smooth except edges of leaves, stem round and more branched