Simon Colmer / Goose Grass / Cleavers (Galium aparine) in flower, UK

John Waters / Cleavers (Galium aparine), with few tiny white flowers visible, at woodland's edge, Scotland, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers (Galium aparine), flowering weeds strangling Wheat (Triticum aestivum) crop, Berkshire, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers (Galium aparine) seeds contaminating combine harvested Wheat (Triticum aestivum) grain, grain rejected in quality control.

Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers (Galium aparine) seeds contaminating combine harvested Wheat (Triticum aestivum) grain, grain rejected in quality control.

Nigel Cattlin / Small white flowers of arable and garden weed cleavers (Galium aparine) and leaves with hooked hairs which stick to clothing

Nigel Cattlin / Seedling Cleavers / Goosegrass (Galium aparine) annual arable and garden weed with cotyledons and first true whorl

Nigel Cattlin / Seedling Cleavers / Goosegrass (Galium aparine) annual arable and garden weed with cotyledons and first true leaves just forming

Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers, bedstraw, goosegrass, stickyweed, (Galium aparine) star shaped, white flowers on annual arable weed, Berkshire, England, UK, May,

Nigel Cattlin / Leaves of Cleavers (Galium aparine) with small hooked hairs which attach to hair and clothing and can cause irritation. Berkshire, England, UK, April.

Nigel Cattlin / Lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes) final instar caterpillar on cleavers (Galium aparine) a polyphagous pest and cutworm in soil. Berkshire, England, UK, April