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Stickywilly

Galium aparine

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Field Notes

Description:

Thanks to dandoucette for identifying this. Herbaceous strongly-propagating annual with many uses, and it is edible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_aparine). Herbaceous and native to North America and Eurasia. Displays stacked whorls of leaves. Flowers spring to summer. Common name attributable to tendency to stick to anything it can grasp with its Velcro-like hooks.

Habitat:

Common around hedges and shrubby vegetation. Hangs out near the bases of trees on our property.

Notes:

AKA: Cleavers, Clivers, Goosegrass, Stickywilly, Stickyjack, Stickyweed, Stickyleaf, Catchweed, Robin-run-the-hedge and Coachweed. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_aparine)

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Galium aparine

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Stickywilly

Galium aparine

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Dan Doucette
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Comments (1)
iPlayBanjoNow
Thanks, Dan! This looks like the one. Good to know it belongs here. It's totally edible and useful, and could become a favorite, though it had already earned high esteem based on common name alone.

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Edible and Medicinal Plants of Costa Rica

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PublishedMay 7, 2011

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