Galium verrucosum

warty bedstraw (US) southern cleavers (UK)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. verrucosum
Binomial name
*Galium verrucosum* Huds.
Synonyms^[1]
Aparine tricornis Fourr. Valantia aparine L. Galium valantia Weber in F.H.Wiggers Galium tricorne Stokes in W.Withering Valantia mammifera H.Teton. Aparine verrucosa (Huds.) Moench Valantia tricornis Roth Rubia tricornis Baill.

Galium verrucosum, common name warty bedstraw or southern cleavers, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. The epithet "verrucosum" means "warty" in reference to the numerous bumps on the mature fruit. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal and Morocco to Turkey and Palestine. It is reportedly naturalized in Great Britain, Central Europe (from Switzerland to Poland), the Canary Islands, Madeira, and Wayne County (Michigan).^[1]^[2]^[3]

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