. The drug plants of Illinois . GALIUM APARINE L. Cleaver's herb, cleavers, goose grass. Rubiaceae. —A low, weak, reclining or scrambling, prickly herb, annual; stem square, with recurved prickles, 2 to 5 feet long; leaves oblanceolate, 1 to 3 inches long, 6 or 8 at a node, hispid and rough on the margin and midrib; flowers white, small, in groups (1 to 3) on axillary peduncles; fruit appearing double, fleshy, covered with hooked prickles. The herb collected. Common through- out the state in gardens, along roads and streams, and in moist woods; May and early June. The species of Galium contain
. The drug plants of Illinois . GALIUM APARINE L. Cleaver's herb, cleavers, goose grass. Rubiaceae. —A low, weak, reclining or scrambling, prickly herb, annual; stem square, with recurved prickles, 2 to 5 feet long; leaves oblanceolate, 1 to 3 inches long, 6 or 8 at a node, hispid and rough on the margin and midrib; flowers white, small, in groups (1 to 3) on axillary peduncles; fruit appearing double, fleshy, covered with hooked prickles. The herb collected. Common through- out the state in gardens, along roads and streams, and in moist woods; May and early June. The species of Galium contain either galitannic or apertannic acid, other organic acids, and a bitter principle. Used as a diuretic and refrigerant.
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