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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Richardia scabra
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Read more about Rough Mexican-clover at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_357
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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).
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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).
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6-lobed calyx
6-lobed funnelform corolla
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p159
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p160
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p211
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p099
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p321
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p318
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