Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Cleavers |
| Scientific Name | Galium aprine L. |
| Family Name | Rubiaceae (Madder Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | thickets, valleys, waste ground |
| Plant Height: | weak stems anywhere from 10-100 cm long; scrambling |
| Flower Color: | white |
| Flower: | perfect; 4-lobed; 1-3 in cluster; +/- 3 mm wide; stamens 4; ovary has 2 carpels each with a single ovule |
| Inflorescence: | 1-5 (typically 2-5) flowers on peduncles borne in leaf axils |
| Fruit: | dry, covered with hooked bristles |
| Leaves: | whorled (mostly in 8s); long; slender and serrate |
| Bloom Time: | May-July |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | note recurved prickles on stems and leaves, common name comes from fact that bristles cause plant to cleave to clothes or fur of animals; also called Goosegrass because geese are known to eat plant |
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| general habit | leaves/stem | close up of flower/fruit | auxiliary flowers |
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