Field Madder at Isaacs Ridge
Identification history
| Sherardia arvensis | 4 Nov 2016 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Sherardia arvensis | 3 Nov 2016 | Mike | ||
| Insufficient or inconclusive evidence | 28 Oct 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Asperula pusilla | 21 Sep 2016 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Sep 2016 | Mike |
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6 comments
Mike
wrote:
22 Sep 2016
Looks like Asperula but the leaves are broader and the flowers are pink. Is this just a variation?
BettyDonWood
wrote:
22 Sep 2016
Flora of the ACT says the flowers are white or pinkish in Asperula pusilla.
Mike
wrote:
9 Oct 2016
From the amount that is around I don't think it is A. pusilla which is a plant found in the mountains. Apart from the colour of the flowers it seems like Galium murale which is now listed on CNM and is found on Red Hill. Maybe when it seeds we will have a better idea..
BettyDonWood
wrote:
9 Oct 2016
Could you get some photos, preferably closeups, of the flowers sideways on? Asperula flowers have a distinct wide tube. Galium flowers do not have a tube.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
4 Nov 2016
There is a sign of a second flower bud. The key characters that split Sherardia from Galium and Asperula are that the flowers are in heads and that it has a calyx (cupping the flower). The other two have solitary flowers and no calyx.
Location information
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 20 Sep 2016 03:25 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Mike Rejected sightings
Additional information
- True In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Species information
- Sherardia arvensis Scientific name
- Field Madder Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 812.14m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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