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Galium aparine
Goose Grass

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DERIVATION
aparine - from the Greek, to seize; used by Theophrastus for goosegrass (clinging, seizing); Greek shepards used goosegrass as a strainer for milk and other things.
FAMILY Rubiaceae (Madder Family)  Other Plants in the Madder Family
HABIT Herbaceous
GROWTH FORM Prostrate
RANGE N. America, Europe, Asia
FLOWERS White
HARDINESS USDA Zone 8 (Coldest zone where hardy)
COMMON NAME(S) Goose Grass
SYNONYMS Galium aparine var. echinospermum

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