Pan India Bouquets

Galium aparine L.

Family : Rubiaceae
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
Synonym(s) : Aparine hispida Moench; Aparine vulgaris Hill; Asperula aparine (L.) Besser; Asperula aparine var. aparine (L.) Nyman; Asterophyllum aparine (L.) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.; Crucianella purpurea Wulff ex Steud.; Galion aparinum (L.) St.-Lag.; Galium aculeatissimum Kit. ex Kanitz; Galium adhaerens Gilib.; Galium aparine var. intermedium (Mérat) Bonnet; Galium aparine var. pseudoaparine (Griseb.) Speg.; Galium asperum Honck.; Galium charoides Rusby; Galium chilense Hook.f.; Galium chonosense Clos; Galium hispidum Willd.; Galium horridum Eckl. & Zeyh.; Galium lappaceum Salisb.; Galium larecajense Wernham; Galium parviflorum Maxim.; Galium pseudoaparine Griseb.; Galium segetum K.Koch; Galium tenerrimum Schur; Galium uliginosum Thunb.; Galium uncinatum Gray; Rubia aparine (L.) Baill.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Galium aparine L.
Common name : Goose Grass, Cleavers, Common bedstraw, Coachweed, Catchweed
Vernacular name : Khourti, Lauki machheet (Dogri); Kuri (Hindi); Kangre Jhar (Nepali)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Forest margins, riversides, meadows, open fields, farmlands; near sea level to 2500 m.
Comments / notes : A very variable species particularly in the shape and size of leaves, length of petiole and fruit size.
Flower, Fruit : March-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : West Eurasia, Mediterranean
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 144
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Galium aparine. Downloaded on 30 June 2022.

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