They are mostly seed, but I love that cherry taste. Last time I wrote about what a kick I get out of eating flowers. We pick the flower buds and cook them up in stir fries. They can be dried too, for a winter treat. When you walk past a patch you get a nice olfactory surprise.
Cleavers are a kind of bedstraw.
It is a common plant with whorls of leaves on a long thin stem that lies along the ground. We are going to slow roast the seeds, as the edible book says, and grind them to see if we can make a tasty drink. This issue's tip is, as tempting as it is, to not eat wild edible from roadsides, especially highly trafficked ones. The lead from gasoline settles on plants and in the soil. Lead poisoning leads to mental health problems, especially in children.