Nice pictures of a very different looking Rubiaceae family member.
Regards Giby On 2 November 2011 14:31, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Galium aparine* L., Sp. P1. 108. 1753. > > Common names: *catchweed bedstraw, **cleavers*, *goose-grass*, * > stickywilly* > > Annual climbing herb with strongly angular stems with recurved prickly > hairs, usually 6 leaves at each node, leaves narrowly > oblanceolate-elliptic, cuspidate at apex, scabrid on surface; flowers > usually on stout peduncles in 3-flowered cymes, white; fruits on long > peduncles, 3-5 mm, covered with long curved hairs, mericarps almost free. > > Photographed from Harwan, Kashmir in June > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
