"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 3/8/06 17:53, in article
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"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:53:08 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Can someone please tell me the proper name for the plant
variously
known
as
Cleavers, Goose Grass, Stick Willie, etc?

http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_cleavers.htm
Galium aparine

Thanks to you and to Bob. I have been 'talking' to an American
friend
about
it but didn't know its proper name. For some reason, our dogs
like
eating
it, especially the dachshund. As he's extremely greedy, I
think it must
have Rennies like properties!

Some of our hens like it too.

It's its only saving grace - that and being easy to pull. I have
myself to
blame for it, I thought it would be fun to have when the children
were
small.

Mary


I got my infestations trying to be kind to the Humming bird hawk
moths which
lay there eggs on it! down here its mostly called cleavers although
I grew
up calling it goose grass, a lot of books refer to it as bedstraw
so that
presumably is another use for it

Bedstraw applies to other species of the genus. I can't imagine
Galium
aparine being very comfortable bedding.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

I think the comfort of Ladies Bedstraw came from the aroma which
masked the domestic odours of them long gone days.
:-)

--
ned