Flora of Israel: Warty bedstraw
Galium verrucosum, Galium saccharatum, Galium valantia,
Warty bedstraw, Southern cleavers, דבקת הפטמות
| Scientific name: | Galium verrucosum Hudson | |
| Synonym name: | Galium saccharatum All., Galium valantia Weber | |
| Common name: | Warty bedstraw, Southern cleavers | |
| Hebrew name: | דבקת הפטמות | |
| Family: | Rubiaceae, פואתיים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 15 cm | |
| Leaves: | Whorled, entire, smooth, shiny, mucronate leaves | |
| Inflorescence: | Cyme, 3-5 flowers on the same stalk | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite; white | |
| Fruits / pods: | Spherical fruit covered with conical protuberances (warts) that gave it its name | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April | |
| Habitat: | Cultivated areas (weeds) | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Galium from Greek word gala, “milk,” and alluding to the fact that certain species were used to curdle milk. verrucosum, verrucos, “warty”, full of warts.
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