trefle.io · Taken Feb 15, 2022 by Monteiro Henrique (cc-by-sa)
Rubiaceae
Cleavers
Galium aparine
Also known as Aparine hispida, Catchweed bedstraw, Asperula aparine, Galium larecajense
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Wild-Herb · Edible · Medicinal · Fast-Growing · Self-Seeding · Forage · Shade-Loving · Annual
Cleavers is a fast-growing wild herb that thrives with minimal intervention in partially shaded areas. It prefers consistently moist soil and will self-seed readily. This plant is often foraged rather than cultivated, as it grows abundantly in the wild.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil consistently moist · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.4–7.2
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 16 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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