Field Madder at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Sherardia arvensis | 9 Nov 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Sherardia arvensis | 8 Nov 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Galium (genus) | 6 Oct 2019 | JaneR |
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User's notes
Growing in shelter of sedge tussocks beside former farm dam. Flower colour almost pale lavender, otherwise could be G. aparine
5 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
7 Oct 2019
With pale mauve flowers, that suggests Sherardia arvensis. However, that species has flowers in groups of 4-10 surrounded by 8-10 leaf-like bracts, so that does not fit either.
JaneR
wrote:
7 Oct 2019
Hi Betty, FloraVic gives whorls of 4-6 (leaves) for S. arvensis, and doesn't appear to commit to number bracts or number of flowers: however its illustrations show 1 to 3 flowers in group. PlantNet is as you describe. My photos show a congestion of bracts underneath the flowers, rather hard to count: are the 8-10 meant to be in one whorl ? Superficially, the specimen on Ainslie NR is very similar to images of Sherardia arvensis in Flora Vic.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
8 Oct 2019
I was quoting from Vicflora. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/fe85ee56-8bb2-4714-b42a-bdf077ee9744
I presume you were quoting from the paper version. Hence the difference.
If you have a collecting permit, could you press it and take it to the botanic gardens for a proper ID. I for one do not recognise it at all.
I presume you were quoting from the paper version. Hence the difference.
If you have a collecting permit, could you press it and take it to the botanic gardens for a proper ID. I for one do not recognise it at all.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.171967-35.261667
- Altitude 641.5m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2019 03:57 PM Recorded on
- JaneR Recorded by
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Collections
JaneR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sherardia arvensis Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Sherardia arvensis Scientific name
- Field Madder Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 746m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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