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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Richardia brasiliensis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Richardia brasiliensis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Richardia brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-05-001:
Richardia brasiliensis FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Richardia brasiliensis
COMMON NAME:
Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia
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JK Marlow jkm170520_874
May Sumter County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170520_951
May Calhoun County SC
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Frank Bridges fab_richardiascabra1b
June Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Stems hirsute, generally densely and evenly so from tip to base, per Floral Variation and Diagnosis of Richardia in the Carolinas (Krings, 2002).
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Frank Bridges fab_richardiascabra1c
June Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
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Frank Bridges fab_richardiascabra2
June Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
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JK Marlow jkm140730_176b
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Inflorescence terminal, enclosed by paired leaflike bracts, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm140730_185
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140809_393
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves evenly strigose to strigillose above, per Floral Variation and Diagnosis of Richardia in the Carolinas (Krings, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm140809_447
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160907_054
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm160907_057
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm160907_060
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
Calyx lobes lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, margins ciliate, apex acute, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm161105_044
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Richardia brasiliensis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Richardia brasiliensis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Richardia brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-05-001:
Richardia brasiliensis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Richardia brasiliensis
3697
Forb
Perennial/Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, vacant lots, urban areas, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare or waifs 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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6-lobed calyx
6-lobed funnelform corolla
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p160
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p167
- 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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