Three-horned bedstraw control option
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Three-horned bedstraw

Galium tricornutum

Weed profile

  • Annual
  • Herb
  • Habitat: crops

Impact

Competes in field crops.

Description

  • Winter-growing annual to 50 cm high.
  • Stems 4-sided with recurved hairs along edges.
  • Leaves in whorls of 4-8 at stem nodes.
  • Flowers in clusters of 3, minute, green.
  • Fruits of two rounded halves, rough texture.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

To find out which landscape region you're in visit the NatureMaps website.

Alinytjara Wiluṟara

Eyre Peninsula

Green Adelaide

Hills and Fleurieu

Kangaroo Island

Limestone Coast

Murraylands and Riverland

Northern and Yorke

South Australian Arid Lands

Page Last Reviewed: 06 Sep 2021
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