#bedstraw

[dvoeverie-stitches]

Cleavers are starting to pop up.

[mothmiso]

Dâmbovița County (2) (3) by Sanda Odiatiu

[jenfoundabug]

Peek a boo

Dichelotarsus cavicollis, a type of soldier beetle

Northern California

[crudlynaturephotos]

[anskupics]

Galium album — white bedstraw a.k.a. hedge bedstraw

[awkwardbotany]

Eating Weeds: Cleavers Coffee

Eating Weeds: Cleavers Coffee

One of the world’s most beloved beverages comes from a species of plant found in the fourth largest family of flowering plants. Rubiaceae, also known as the coffee or bedstraw family, consists of around 13,500 species, placing it behind just Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, and Fabaceae for the most number of species. Coffea arabica, and other species in the genus Coffea, are grown for their fruits which…

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[theyoungwaldschrat]

True bedstraw (Galium verum)

[basketofmooneggs]

Spread some of the native plant seeds I collected from my yard in my friend's yard this afternoon. We can all have silly little catchweed plants growing next spring. They're such a cute little plant.

They have adorable flowers and some people also call them sticky willy which is so silly.

Also their seeds look like little testicles. I'm in love with this plant.

Please share my love for this gorgeous plant native to the southeastern US.