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*Galium sherardia E.H.L. Krause. Common name: Blue Field-madder. Phenology: Feb-Aug. Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Taxonomy Comments: Galium sherardia differs from most Galium in its involucrate inflorescence and the more tubular, pink to purple flowers, and is usually treated as a monotypic genus, Sherardia, but Soza & Olmstead (2010) show Sherardia to be deeply embedded within a paraphyletic Galium.

Synonymy : = K4, NY, Va, Stace (2010), (basionym); = Sherardia arvensis L. — Ar, C, F, Fl5, G, GrPl, Il, Meso4.2, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, WV

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