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Sherardia arvensis

Field Madder at Majura, ACT

Sherardia arvensis at Majura, ACT - 5 Oct 2019
Sherardia arvensis at Majura, ACT - 5 Oct 2019
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Identification history

Sherardia arvensis 9 Nov 2019 BettyDonWood
Sherardia arvensis 8 Nov 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Galium sp. 6 Oct 2019 JaneR

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Growing in shelter of sedge tussocks beside former farm dam. Flower colour almost pale lavender, otherwise could be G. aparine

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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.
JaneR wrote:
   7 Oct 2019
CNMap has a previous record of S. arvensis from Ainslie NR
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.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   9 Nov 2019
I found a whorl of 6leaves lower down on one of the stems.

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 5 Oct 2019 03:57 PM Recorded on
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  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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