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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Richardia scabra   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Richardia scabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-05-002:

Richardia scabra   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Richardia scabra

 

COMMON NAME:
Rough Mexican-clover


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image of Richardia scabra, Rough Mexican-clover

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_357

        

image of Richardia scabra, Rough Mexican-clover

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_richardia_scabra1

July    Moore County    NC

Flowers grow in dense, roundish, terminal clusters from leaflike bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Richardia scabra, Rough Mexican-clover

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_richardia_scabra1b

July    Moore County    NC

Corollas funnel-shaped, 3-10mm long (vs. R. brasiliensis only 3-7mm long), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Richardia scabra, Rough Mexican-clover

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_richardia_scabra1c

July    Moore County    NC

Leaves are glabrous except hairy midrib and margins, and very short-stalked, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Richardia scabra   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Richardia scabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-05-002:
Richardia scabra   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3112

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, vacant lots, urban areas, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native? Central & South America

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6-lobed calyx
6-lobed funnelform corolla
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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