Galium aparine L.

Cleavers

Synonyms: Galium spurium, Galium spurium var. echinospermum, Galium spurium var. vaillantii, Galium vaillantii

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Rubiaceae

Genus: Galium

Species: Galium aparine

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FACU

PHOTOS OF Galium aparine