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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Richardia brasiliensis   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm170520_874

May    Sumter County    SC

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm170520_951

May    Calhoun County    SC

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

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).

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

Frank Bridges    fab_richardiascabra1c

June    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

Frank Bridges    fab_richardiascabra2

June    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm140730_176b

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Inflorescence terminal, enclosed by paired leaflike bracts, per Flora of China.

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm140730_185

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

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).

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm140809_447

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm160907_054

September    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm160907_057

September    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

JK Marlow    jkm160907_060

September    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Calyx lobes lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, margins ciliate, apex acute, per Flora of China.

image of Richardia brasiliensis, Brazilian-clover, Tropical Mexican-clover, Tropical Richardia

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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