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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium sherardia   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sherardia arvensis   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-09-001:

Sherardia arvensis   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sherardia arvensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Field Madder, Blue Field-madder


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image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_shar2_001_lvd

        

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

Gill Newberry    gn04_sherardia_flowers2

April        

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

Gill Newberry    gn04_sherardia_lvs

April        

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

JK Marlow    jkm170410_365

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

JK Marlow    jkm170410_367b

April    Greenville County    SC

Inflorescence involucrate, flowers more tubular & pink-purple vs. other Galium, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

JK Marlow    jkm210422_9614

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

JK Marlow    jkm210422_9617

April    Greenville County    SC

Stem 4-angled. Lvs in whorls of 4-6 w a sharp point & finely toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

Roxanna Martin    rlm4911_86

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Tiny flowers occur in heads surrounded by a whorl of involucral leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

Roxanna Martin    rlm4911_92

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Corolla tube about 0.12" long, 3x longer than the spreading lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_042416hayesville_01

April    Clay County    NC

Roadside

image of Galium sherardia, Field Madder, Blue Field-madder

JK Marlow    jkm0506e_35

June    Greenville County    SC

The clover leaf provides scale.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galium sherardia   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sherardia arvensis   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-09-001:
Sherardia arvensis   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sherardia arvensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1374

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4-6
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed funnelform corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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