Galium aparine L.
First record: Ray, 1660
Aparine Clivers or Goosegrass. Ray,1660,13(43).
Aparine Clivers (rather Cleavers) or Goose-grass. Parkinson saith, that it is used to cleanse milk. Ray,1670,24-25; Dioscorides inserted in place of Parkinson. Ray,1677,23-24.
Gallium vulgare asperum quod Aparine Officinarum Martyn,1727,44.
Galium aparine Common Ladies Bedstraw. Cleavers, or Goose-grass. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Hedges &c. Common throughout the county. Bab.1860,110.
There are also 889 records in Recorder, [R].
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Woodbury, R Payne, 1977.
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Ashwell, JSL Gilmour,1932.
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Gillrags Wood, DH Valentine, 1937.
Guilden Morden; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Steeple Morden; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Tadlow; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Buff Wood, DH Valentine, 1939.
Cuxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Eltesley; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351; Eltisley Wood, JL Crosby, 1939.
Gamlingay. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Haley Wood; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Longstowe, EA George, 1940.
Plantation E 15A, path and edges, JL Crosby, 1940.
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Graveley; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Papworth St Agnes; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Papworth St Everard; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Barrington. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Barley Field, Bassingbourn, 323.447, PD Sell 66/68, 22.8.1966, CGE; Bassingbourn, 320.448, PD Sell 69/708, 27.7.1969, CGE; Margin of field of potatoes, east of the Dick Sell's roadway towards Wendy, Bassingbourn, 326.456, a large bushy, but short plant, PD Sell 88/323, 5.8.1988, CGE; Weed in potatoes, Three-cornered Field, by Fen Road, Bassingbourn, 324.449, PD Sell 91/212 & 91/214, 15.8.1991, CGE; Field between Bull's Fen and old airfield, Bassingbourn, 322.458, 29.9.1992, PD Sell 92/245 & JG Murrell, CGE; Set-aside land, Groves, Bassingbourn, 324.447, PD Sell 93/136, 11.9.1993, CGE.
Croydon. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Margin of field of potatoes, old airfield between Litlington & Steeple Morden, 230.425, PD Sell, 91/201, 15.8.1991, CGE.
Malton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Royston &c. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Shepreth. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Whaddon. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Bourn; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
J 16F, TG Tutin & EF Warburg, 1940.
Boxworth, TG Tutin & EF Warburg, 1940.
Caldecot; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351; EF Warburg. 1940.
Wood, K 16A, TG Tutin, 1940.
Caxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Comberton, WW Newbold, 14.11.1848, CGE; Comberton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Roadside between Comberton-Toft, TG Tutin, 1940.
Eversden. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Wood M 17A, [Lt Eversden] RH Richens, 1940.
Hardwick Wood, SSCD List; BW Sparrow, 1939; Near Hardwick Wood, 357.782,(cornfield weed), SM Walters, 18.7.1953, det. KM Goodway, 1953, CGE.
Near Hardwick Wood, SM Walters, 1958, CGE.
Kingston; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Longstowe Hall Wood, EF Warburg, 1940.
Long Plantation, Longstowe, EF Warburg, 1940.
Roadside, Old North Road station, L 13, APD Jones, 1940.
Toft; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351; EA George, 1940.
Wimpole. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Birds Pastures; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Childerley; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
J 17A, Childerley, TG Tutin & EF Warburg, 1940.
Dry Drayton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Wood, K 17B, [Dry Drayton], RH Richens, 1940.
Elsworth; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Wood J 15, JL Crosby, 1939.
Swavesey. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Chatteris. Bab.MS.Fl.351; AF.cat.
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Doddington. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Chishill, UC Watson, 1977.
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Duxford, A Shrubbs, 6.1908, CGE.
Fowlmere, O 18, J Rishbeth, 1940.
Ickleton. Bab.MS.Fl.351; EA George, 1940.
Near Hinxton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Wood N 20A, JL Crosby, 1940.
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Cambridge, JS Henslow, 9.6.1821, CGE; CC Babington, 28.6.1848, CGE; Bab.MS.Fl.351; 6.1869, Bent.ann; Cambridge, n.c., 1935, CGE.
The Mound, Castle Hill, DH Valentine, 1939.
Coe Fen, IHb. List.
Coldham Common, DM Neal, 1939.
Coton footpath, TG Tutin, 1940.
Wall, Malting House Lane, J Rishbeth, 1940.
Queen's Road, TG Tutin & EF Warburg, 1940.
Station Road, Cambridge, TG Tutin, 1940.
Roadsides, Cambridge-Barton, TG Tutin, 1940.
Coton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Gogmagog Hills. Bab.MS.Fl.351; Gogs, hedgerows, EA George, 1939.
Haslingfield. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Hauxton, EA George, 1940.
Hinton, JS Henslow, 2.6.1825, CGE; Cherry Hinton, DM Neal, 1939; 2 walls, J Rishbeth, 1940.
Madingley Wood, W.L.P.G., 6.1840, SWN; Madingley. Bab.MS.Fl.351; Madingley, TG Tutin & EF Warburg, 1940.
Great Shelford, EA George, 1939; Shelford, wall, J Rishbeth, 1940.
Stapleford, DM Neal, 1939.
Trumpington, EA George, 1939.
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Chesterton Ballast Pits, EF Warburg, 1940.
Chesterton church wall, J Rishbeth, 1940.
Cottenham-Landbeach Road, I 20, AC Trueblood, 1940.
Girton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Histon. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Trackside Histon-Lamb's Cross, I 19, AC Trueblood, 1940.
Long Stanton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Milton Hall Wood, BW Sparrow, 1939.
Milton Fen, APD Jones, 1940.
Oakington; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Cuckoo Farm-Rampton, H 18-19, AC Trueblood, 1940.
Waterbeach, wall, J Rishbeth, 1940.
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Roadside, Mitchell Hill Common, H 20, AC Trueblood, 1940.
High Bridge Farm, G 19, AC Trueblood, 1940.
Stretham-Sutton Road, JSL Gilmour,1930.
Sutton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Twenty Pence Ferry, Cottenham, G 20, AC Trueblood, 1940.
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Blockmoor Fen, F 23, APD Jones, 1940.
Honey, AF.cat.
Witcham. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Doddington Wood, JSL Gilmour,1930.
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Bartlow, EA George, 1940.
Borley Wood, JL Crosby, 1940.
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Babraham, EA George, 1940.
Balsham. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Fulbourn. Bab.MS.Fl.351; EA George, 1940; wall, J Rishbeth, 1940.
Six mile Bottom. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Qui Road. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Wilbraham. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Burwell, EA George, 1940.
Reach, EA George, 1940.
Swaffham Bulbeck, n.c., (Hb. Jenyns), 4.8.1823, BATHG; also var., n.c., (Hb. Jenyns), 11.8.1823, BATHG.
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Middle Fen, E 23, APD Jones, 1940.
Stuntney; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Ely. Bab.MS.Fl.351; wall, J Rishbeth, 1940.
Roswell Pits, GW Chapman, 1932.
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Wigmore Pond, Castle Camps, H Gilbert Carter & HC Gilson, 1940.
Horseheath, EA George, 1940.
Shudy Camps. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Brinkley. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Especially abundant on Devil's Ditch, between B.1061 & Stetchworth road, AC Leslie, 1981.
Great Covens Wood, JL Crosby, 1940.
Shuckburgh Castle. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Stetchworth. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
W. Wratting. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
W. Ditton. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Chippenham. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
Devils Ditch, EA George, 1940; Devil's Ditch, 60-63-, 28.2.1951 & 63-60-, SM Walters & CD Pigott,10Km card; Between A.11 and Stetchworth, Devil's Ditch, Ctte Walk, 6.1972 & 6.1973; Between A.11 and Newmarket railway, Devil's Ditch, AC Leslie, 1981.
Newmarket. Bab.MS.Fl.351.
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Fordham, EA George, 1940.
The Hasse, F 24-25, APD Jones, 1940.
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Common in hedges Skrim.MS.
Wisbech. Bab.MS.Fl.351; Wisbech, JL Crosby, 1939.
