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Sticky Weed
Stickyweed may refer to several plant species including: *''Galium aparine'' (cleavers), an annual plant found in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America *''Parietaria judaica'' (spreading pellitory), a perennial plant found in Europe, central and western Asia and northern Africa *''Drymaria cordata'', a species of the genus ''Drymaria'' {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goosegrass (Galium Aparine), Loch Clunie - Geograph
Goosegrass (sometimes goose grass) is a common name for several grasses, Cyperaceae, sedges, and annual herbs. The origin of the name is due either to a plant's use as food for goose, geese or plant parts that look like the foot of a goose. Goosegrass may refer to: * ''Acrachne'', genus of grass * ''Carex eleusinoides'', goosegrass sedge * ''Carex lenticularis'', goosegrass sedge * ''Eleusine'', genus of grass * ''Eleusine indica'', Indian goosegrass, also called wiregrass * ''Galium aparine'', also referred to as "cleavers" * ''Galium murale'', small goosegrass * ''Puccinellia fasciculata'', saltmarsh goosegrass File:Carex lenticularis NRCS-2.jpg, ''Carex lenticularis'' File:Eleusine indica Habitus BotGardBln0906.JPG, ''Eleusine indica'' File:Galium.aparine.jpg, ''Galium aparine'' close-up {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parietaria Judaica 000
''Parietaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, native to temperate and tropical regions across the world.Flora Europaea''Parietaria''/ref>African Flowering Plants Database''Parietaria'' (enter genus name in search box)/ref>Flora of North America''Parietaria''/ref>Flora of China''Parietaria''/ref>Flora of Pakistan''Parietaria''/ref>Australian Plant Name Index''Parietaria''/ref> They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 20–80 cm tall, with green or pink stems. The leaves are alternate, simple, entire, often with a cluster of small leaves in their axils. Individual flowers are bisexual or unisexual, produced in clusters of three to many together in the leaf axils. Plants have either bisexual flowers or both staminate ("male") and carpellate ("female") flowers. The fruit is a small dry achene. Species , The Plant List accepted only 10 species:Search for "Parietaria", *''Parietaria cretica'' L. *'' Parietaria debilis'' G.Forst. (syn. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galium Aparine
''Galium aparine'', with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed and sticky willy among others, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. Names ''Galium aparine'' is known by a variety of common names in English. They include ''hitchhikers'', ''cleavers'', ''clivers'', ''bedstraw'', ''(small) goosegrass'' (not to be confused with other plants known as ''goosegrass''), ''catchweed'', ''stickyweed'', ''sticky bob'', ''stickybud'', ''stickyback'', ''sticky molly'', ''robin-run-the-hedge'', ''sticky willy'', ''sticky willow'', ''stickyjack'', ''stickeljack'', ''grip grass, sticky grass, bobby buttons, whippysticks'', and ''velcro plant''. ''Galium'' is Dioscorides’ name for the plant. It is derived from the Greek word for ‘milk’, because the flowers of '' Galium verum'' were used to curdle milk in cheese making.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 52, 174 ''Aparine'' is a name used b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parietaria Judaica
''Parietaria judaica'', with common names spreading pellitory or pellitory of the wall, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Urticaceae. The plant's pollen is highly allergenic. In Australia it is also known as asthma weed, due to the high incidence of allergy. It is unrelated to the herb pellitory (''Anacyclus pyrethrum''). It is easily confused with the very similar species '' Parietaria officinalis''. Etymology ''Parietaria'' (Latin): Wall-dweller (a name used by the Roman naturalist and philosopher Pliny). ''Judaica'' (Latin): Of Judaea, Jewish, from Palestine. Description The biological form of ''Parietaria judaica'' is hemicryptophyte scapose, as its overwintering buds are situated just below the soil surface and the floral axis is more or less erect. This plant has pink or red hairy stems, woody at the base. It reaches on average a height of . The leaves are hairy, alternate, simple, entire and green, with smooth margins. The tiny white or pink flower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drymaria Cordata
''Drymaria cordata'', the tropical chickweed, West Indian chickweed, or golondrina, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactacea .... It is native to moist habitats in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, and has been introduced to many places in the tropics and subtropics, including the southeast US, the Caribbean, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Japan, and a number of islands. It is known as one of the most aggressive weeds of the tropical and subtropical parts of the world. References Caryophyllaceae Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of northern South America Flora of western South America Flora of the Galápagos Islands Flora of Brazil Flora of northern Chile Flora of Northeast A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
