Species

Sherardia arvensis

Etymology

arvensis: Growing in arable fields

Common Name(s)

field madder

Family

Rubiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SHEARV

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Red / Pink,Violet / Purple

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

Europe, Mediterranean, N. Africa, W. Asia

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010