Goose-grass or cleavers (Galium aparine L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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[1772]
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16738i
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Goose-grass or cleavers (Galium aparine L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Fruits of goose-grass formerly used as coffee substitutes in Ireland

Goose-grass also known as cleavers or sweethearts

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.5 x 22.6 cm

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Aparine vulgaris. C.B.Pin.334. - T.114. Ital. Speronella - Gall. Gratteron

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Wellcome Collection 16738i

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