Plant Details

Accepted name:: Galium aparine L. [Rubiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ad harji	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
amor de hortelano	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
amor-de-hortelã	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bedstraw	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bolaski	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bā xiān cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
catch weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
catchweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catchweed bedstraw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chiski	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
cleavers	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
cleavers goosegrass	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
cleavers herb	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cleaverwort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cleever	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
clivers	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
comfrey	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
dhairjeh	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
duhdaileh	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
duhhraij	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
erva-pegavosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
gaillet gratteron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
galium	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
galium aparine	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
galium aparine whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
gallium aparine	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
gia mara	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
goose grass	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
goose-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
goosegrass	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
grateron	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hasheshat alafa’a	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
hashishat al af'a	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hedge clivers	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
jajatero	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jù zǐ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kangre jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kaz yogurtotu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
khuskhusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kochan	Other	Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
kollitsida	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
kuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lassiq	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
lezaiqa	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
lā lā téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nettle	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pega-pega	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
poor robin	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
qālioun	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
relban	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
scarthgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
small goose-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
snärjmåra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
spring cleavers	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
sticky bob	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sticky willy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sticky-willy	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stickyweed	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
stickywilly	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweetheart	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white hedge	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xiǎo qiàn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xuè jiàn chóu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yoğurtotu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
zang tsi kar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
zangs rtsi dkar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
zhu yang yang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
zhū yāng yāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
κολλόχορτο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ριζάριν	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
الدحرجه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
بلسكي	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
دحديله	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
دحريج	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
دحريجه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
غاليون	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لزيقة	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
لصيق	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
ཟངས་རྩི་དཀར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
八仙草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小茜草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
拉拉藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猪殃殃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
血见愁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
锯子草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole flowering plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Whole plant		Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Aerial parts		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
aerial parts		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
roots		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
aerial parts		Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aerial part		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
flowering plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Galium chonosense Clos in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 3: 189 (1848), nom. superfl.
Aparine hispida Moench Methodus: 640 (1794), nom. superfl.
Aparine vulgaris Hill Herb. Brit. 2: 149 (1770).
Asperula aparine (L.) Besser Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 1: 114 (1809), nom. illeg.
Asperula aparine var. aparine (L.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 332 (1879), not validly publ.
Asterophyllum aparine (L.) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 1077 (1829).
Crucianella purpurea Wulff ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 448 (1840).
Galion aparinum (L.) St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 113 (1880).
Galium aculeatissimum Kit. ex Kanitz Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 548 (1863).
Galium adhaerens Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 13 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Galium aparine subsp. agreste P.D.Sell Fl. Great Britain Ireland 4: 530 (2006).
Galium aparine var. agreste P.D.Sell Fl. Great Britain Ireland 4: 530 (2006).
Galium aparine f. angustifolium Cout. Fl. Portugal 2: 691 (1939).
Galium aparine var. fructibushispidis Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 6: 36 (1883).
Galium aparine var. hirsutum Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 774 (1823).
Galium aparine var. intermedium (Mérat) Bonnet Petite Fl. Paris.: 191 (1883).
Galium aparine f. intermedium (Mérat) R.J.Moore Canad. J. Bot. 53: 881 (1975).
Galium aparine f. latifolium Cout. Fl. Portugal 2: 691 (1939).
Galium aparine var. marinum Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 24 (1828).
Galium aparine var. microphyllum Clos in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 3: 190 (1848).
Galium aparine var. minor Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 1: 290 (1833).
Galium aparine var. pseudoaparine (Griseb.) Speg. Revista Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 3: 526 (1897).
Galium aparine var. subglabrum Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 122 (1838).
Galium aparine var. thalassicum Beurl. Bot. Not. 1854: 137 (1854).
Galium aparine var. verum Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 119 (1827).
Galium asperum Honck. Verz. Gew. Teutschl.: 423 (1782), nom. illeg.
Galium australe Reiche Fl. Chile 3: 149 (1900), nom. superfl.
Galium borbonicum var. makianum Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 518 (1895).
Galium charoides Rusby Phytologia 1: 80 (1934).
Galium chilense Hook.f. Fl. Antarct. 2: 302(bis) (1846).
Galium hispidum Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 154 (1809).
Galium horridum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 370 (1837), nom. illeg.
Galium intermedium Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 3, 2: 255 (1831), nom. illeg.
Galium lappaceum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 59 (1796), nom. superfl.
Galium larecajense Wernham J. Bot. 50: 244 (1912).
Galium parviflorum Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 472 (1859), nom. illeg.
Galium pseudoaparine Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 6: 125 (1854).
Galium segetum K.Koch Linnaea 17: 33 (1843).
Galium tenerrimum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 279 (1866).
Galium uliginosum Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 58 (1784), nom. illeg.
Galium uncinatum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 484 (1821 publ. 1822).
Rubia aparine (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 373 (1880).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Galium aparina L.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Galium aparine	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Galium aparine L	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Galium aparine L.	European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) Wild Med. Pl. Resources in Bulgaria (Hardalova et al., 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Galium aparine Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Galium aparine Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Galium chonaense	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gallium aparine	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014)
Gallium aparine L.	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)

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