catchweed bedstraw

Galium aparine

Summary 6

Galium aparine, ('aparine' from Greek 'apairo' - “lay hold of” or “seize”) with many common names including cleavers, clivers, "bort", bedstraw, goosegrass, catchweed, stickyweed, stickybud, robin-run-the-hedge, sticky willy, sticky willow, stickyjack, stickeljack, and grip grass, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae.

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  2. (c) bramblejungle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/10728961@N02/4624840039
  3. (c) Andreas Rockstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/74738817@N07/27980238081/
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  5. (c) manuel m. v., some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/martius/8587854398/
  6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_aparine

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