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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.
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