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Species profile—Galium aparine (cleavers)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Rubiaceae → Galium aparine (cleavers)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Rubiaceae
Scientific name
Galium aparine L.
Common name
cleavers
WildNet taxon ID
12257
Alternate name(s)
goosegrass
velcro plant
sweethearts
stickywilly
small goosegrass
robin-run-over-the-hedge
common bedstraw
catchweed bedstraw
catchweed
burrweed
bedstraw
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=12257.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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