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not marked as a favorite taxon *Galium sherardia E.H.L. Krause. Common name: Blue Field-madder. Phenology: Feb-Aug. Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.

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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); = 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. Basionym: Galium sherardia E.H.L.Krause 1904

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image #1 of Galium sherardia© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Galium sherardia© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Galium sherardia© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Galium sherardia© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Galium sherardia© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Galium sherardia© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Galium sherardia© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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