Cleavers is a climbing plant using the hooks on its stems to aid its scrambling progress.
Cleavers plant.
The following information is based on historical uses found in herbal lore.
It is considered a diuretic so one should keep well hydrated if using this herb.
The entire plant cleavers botanical name galium aparine is a plant from the family rubiaceae.
Galium aparine commonly known as cleavers is an herbaceous annual plant from the rubiaceae family of flowering plants which also includes gardenia and noni the plant is native to wide region of europe north africa and asia from britain and the canary islands to japan.
The history of cleavers considered a noxious weed.
To make a poultice the entire plant is used and applied directly to the affected area.
Cleavers is also used as a lymphatic system aid as it assists the lymph nodes in cleaning out toxins.
The cleavers plant has a long history of use often utilized by herbalists as one of the primary blood and lymph system cleansing herbs.
A sure sign we need this plant during winter to help clear and keep our lymphatic system in good shape and to purify our blood.
Although seedlings usually appear singly rather than en masse like many other common weeds the numerous and easily distributed seeds mean the weed can quickly establish in gardens if not controlled promptly.
How to identify covered in tiny hooks the sticky nature of cleavers is enough to identify it easily.
Citation needed making a tea with the dried leaves is most common.
In particular cleavers are in the bedstraw family.
Cleavers is an annual plant found in moist or grassy places and along riverbanks and fences in canada the eastern half of the u s and the pacific coast.
The hooks on its fruits attach to animals and us to help disperse its seeds.
Cleavers is a scrambling.
Cleavers is a common annual weed native to hedgerows scrub and arable land which can spread to gardens on the fur of animals and clothing of passers by.
Cleavers are in the rubiaceae family which consists of flowering plants in the coffee madder or bedstraw family.
Cleavers have long straggling stems and small star shaped white to greenish white flowers that have a smell similar to honey.
A slender taproot produces the weak square procumbent or climbing prickly stem that grows from 2 to 6 feet long.
Madder s cousin goose grass catchweed parts used.
Venus saturn moon element.
It can be brewed hot or cold.
Cleavers galium aparine are tenacious annuals growing in dense mats in loamy nitrogen rich meadows forests thickets and along seashores in the temperate climates of europe northern africa asia and north america with its square shaped stem and sticky hairs they manage to stick to whatever passes them by earning them memorable nicknames like velcro plant grip grass and.
This plant is also known as biddy bid clivers goosegrass or sticky willy.