Catchweed bedstraw

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Galium aparine

Catchweed bedstraw, a reference photo
Photo: Kieran Roy Powell · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Galium aparine, commonly called cleavers, and also known as bedstraw, catchweed, goose grass, sticky bob, sticky willy, and velcro plant, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Catchweed bedstraw being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Galium
Species
Galium aparine

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