Synonym(s) : Aparine tenera (Gren.) Fourr.; Aparine vaillantii (DC.) Fourr.; Galium adhaerens DC.; Galium agreste Wallr.; Galium agreste var. echinospermum Wallr.; Galium aparine subsp. aparinella (Lange ex Cutanda) Jauzein; Galium aparine var. aparinella (Lange ex Cutanda) Ortega Oliv., Devesa, Muñoz Garm., Herrero & R.Gonzalo; Galium aparine var. minor Benth.; Galium aparine f. pauciflorum Maxim.; Galium aparinella Lange ex Cutanda; Galium aparinoides K.Koch; Galium biflorum Hochst. ex Boiss.; Galium campestre Hochst. ex Boiss.; Galium hispidum Roth; Galium infestum Waldst. & Kit.; Galium oliganthum Nakai & Kitag.; Galium pauciflorum Bunge; Galium scaberrimum Vahl ex Hornem.; Galium sororium Hance; Galium spurium subsp. aparinella (Lange ex Cutanda) Rivas Mart. & Castrov.; Galium spurium f. strigosum (Thunb.) Kitag.; Galium spurium var. vaillantii (DC.) Gren.; Galium spurium f. vaillantii (DC.) R.J.Moore; Galium strigosum Thunb.; Galium tenerum Schleich. ex Gaudin; Galium trinioides Pomel; Galium tsukinanats Hassk.; Galium vaillantii DC.; Galium wutaicum Hurus.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Galium spurium subsp. Spurium
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Open fields, riversides, farmlands, mountain slopes; upto 4600 m. altitude
Comments / notes : This species is occasionally used medicinally.
Flower, Fruit : March-November
Distribution :
Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Temperate Northern Hemisphere and Amur, Finland, Great Britain, New Mexico, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
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