25 June 2013

Sweet Woodruff - Galium odoratum

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Date Photographed: 18/05/2013
Location: St. Giles, Stanton St. Quintin
Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_odoratum

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  1. Hollis25 June 2013 at 15:52

    As kids we called this badge plant, as we would break off pieces and stick "badges" on each other's clothes, thanks to the hooked hairs :) Now I know it as bedstraw. Ours (G. aparine, triflorum) are not particularly fragrant.

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    1. Tim25 June 2013 at 17:02

      What an excellent game. It's similar to using horsetails as lego :)
      I don't remember playing with plants much as a kid - mainly just daisy chains and sticking cleavers to each others backs!

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    2. Hollis26 June 2013 at 04:15

      Around here "cleavers" is another name for Galium aparine, one of our badge plants, so maybe we played similar games. Horsetail lego sounds intriguing, we will give it a try :)

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    3. Tim26 June 2013 at 12:24

      Yes, that's the plant I'm referring to :) Nice to know that some of the common names are the same in different countries.

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