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

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. The standard author abbreviation Hudson is used to indicate William Hudson (1730 – 1793), a British botanist and apothecary based in London. The standard author abbreviation All is used to indicate Carlo Allioni (1728 – 1804), an Italian physician and professor of botany at the University of Turin. The standard author abbreviation Weber is used to indicate George Heinrich Weber (1752 – 1828), a German physician and botanist.