- Genus
- Galium
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Common Names
- bird lime, bur weed, catch weed, claver grass, cleaver grass, cleaverwort, cling rascal, clivers, cross clever, geckdor, goose bill, goose tongue, grip grass, gull grass, hair eve, harif, haritch, herif, love man, mutton chops, pig tail, scratch weed, spring cleavers, stick-a-back, sticky bobs, sticky willy, sweethearts, turkey grass, air flower [2], beggar's lice [4], goose grass [3], gosling weed [2], kiss-me-quick
About this plant
G. aparine is an annual producing weak, sprawling stems to 1m or more with whorls of small, narrow leaves. Tiny, white flowers are followed by small, spherical, green fruit sometimes flushed purple. Leaves, stems and seeds are covered in stiff, hooked hairs