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cleavers| Annual plant Galium aparine of the Rubiaceae family, found in northern temperate regions and South America. Its stems and leaves are covered with tiny hairs that help the plant to scramble through other vegetation. It has small, white flowers and bristly round fruits that cling to fur or clothing. See bedstraw. |
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| Traditionally Galium aparine and Arctium lappa would have been used to 'purify the blood', Silybum marianum to support and strengthen the liver, Thymus vulgaris as an antiseptic skin wash, Capsicum frutescens as an infusion, wash or topical application. Galium aparine, commonly known as `goosegrass' or `Sticky Willie' sticks like glue to anything it comes into contact with as the stems, leaves and even its fruit are covered with tiny, hooked bristles - again, pull it out before it sets seed. arvense (chickweed), Galium aparine (stickywilly), Juncus tenuis (Poverty rush), Krigia dandelion (potato dwarf dandelion), K. |
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