Galium aparine
Introduction
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Galium aparine
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 17 May 2020
Cleavers, Goose Grass, Bedstraw - call it what you will it is everywhere in the undergrowth. But when it flowers it does so with the tiniest of white four-petaled flowers. They are so small that you have to wonder what pollinates them. The answer appears to be "tiny flies and smaller beetles".
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Image Location
Latitude
52.765839
Longitude
-0.394786