Sherardia arvensis

Blue Field Madder

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Species group: Plants

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Rubiales

Family:

Rubiaceae

Genus:

Sherardia

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Brief Summary
Comprehensive Description
Distribution
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Population Biology
Molecular Biology
Conservation Status

Brief Summary

As opposed to lady's bedstraw, field madder is a fairly rare plant in the Netherlands. It usually germinates in the winter so that it starts to blossom in early summer, continuing through autumn. Like all madder species, the long slender pointed leaves lie in the shape of a star. The lowest group contains four leaves, further up the stem six leaves and at the top eight leaves. Field madder grows mostly in clay and chalky regions. It originated in the Mediterranean Sea region and has since spread throughout Europe and western Asia. Along the Dutch sea coast, it is only found on Texel, Ameland and sea dikes in the delta region. Not everyone is happy with this plant. It is considered a weed by farmers who find it growing among their crops.

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Ecomare

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Comprehensive Description

Description

Annual herb. Stems prostrate or decumbent, to 40 cm, ± glabrous with 4 rough angles. Lower leaves in whorls of 4, obovate-cuspidate; upper 5-18 mm, elliptic, acute; margin with forwardly directed prickles. Flowers 3 mm in diameter. Involucre of 8-10 lanceolate leaf-like bracts longer than the flowers. Sepals 4-6 mm, enlarging in fruit. Corolla 4-5 mm, pale lilac; tube c. twice as long as the 4 lobes. Fruit 4 mm, crowned by the calyx, of 2 obovoid mericarps with short rough bristles.

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Flora of Zimbabwe

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Derivation of specific name

arvensis: of cultivated fields

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Flora of Zimbabwe

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Sherardia arvensis L.:
Argentina (South America)
Canada (North America)
Chile (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
Peru (South America)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador---A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443.
Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 42: 1–157.
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Sympetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 3. 596 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Lorence, D. H. 1999. A nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 1–177.
Macbride, J. F. 1936. Rubiaceae, Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(6/1): 3–261.
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 84: viii–xv, 1–278.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Munz, P. A. 1974. Fl. S. Calif. 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Bacigalupo, N. M. 1965. Rubiaceae in A. Cabrera. 4(5): 342–375. In A. L. Cabrera Fl. Prov. Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.
Dempster, L. T. 1993. 162(23). Rubiaceae---Rubieae. Fl. Ecuador 47: 21–35.
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. (editores generales) 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 4(2): 1–533.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Worldwide distribution

Probably native to Europe, Mediterranean region and W Asia; widely escaped worldwide

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Flora of Zimbabwe

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Associations

Foodplant / parasite
Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph of Leptotrochila verrucosa parasitises fading stem of Sherardia arvensis
Remarks: season: 4-10

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora sherardiae parasitises live Sherardia arvensis

Foodplant / parasite
grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph of Placosphaeria punctiformis parasitises stem of Sherardia arvensis
Remarks: season: 7-10
Other: uncertain

Foodplant / parasite
plurilocular, amphigenous stroma of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph of Placosphaeria stellatarum parasitises fading leaf of Sherardia arvensis

Foodplant / parasite
uredium of Pucciniastrum guttatum parasitises live, old, over-wintered leaf of Sherardia arvensis

Source:

BioImages - the Virtual Fieldguide (UK)

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Population Biology

Frequency

Rare

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Flora of Zimbabwe

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Sherardia arvensis

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Sherardia arvensis

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 8
Specimens with Barcodes: 13
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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NatureServe Explorer

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

blue fieldmadder - cultivated field madder - field madder

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Madder Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Rubiales - Rubiaceae - Sherardia

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1994-03-22

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Sherardia arvensis

Blue Field Madder

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Sherardia arvensis

Blue Field Madder

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Brief Summary

Comprehensive Description

Description

Derivation of specific name

Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Worldwide distribution

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Associations

Associations

Population Biology

Frequency

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Sherardia arvensis

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Sherardia arvensis

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