Blue field madder
Sherardia arvensis L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 41 cm
- wide
- —
Rubiaceae
Also called Field madder, Blue fieldmadder
Formerly Asperula sherardia, Asterophyllum scherardianum, Galium sherardia, Hexodontocarpus arvensis, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe, Macaronesia to IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 41 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Pink, purpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- raspilla
- Polish
- Rolnica, Rolnica pospolita
- Japanese
- ハナヤエムグラ属, ハナヤエムグラ
- Czech
- bračka rolní
- Welsh
- mandon las yr ŷd
- Danish
- Almindelig Blåstjerne
- German
- Ackerröte
- Estonian
- Madarik
- Finnish
- sinimatara
- French
- shérardie des champs
- Scottish Gaelic
- Màdar na Machrach
- Upper Sorbian
- Rólny šešeračk, Rólny šešerjačk, Šešerjačk
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Sherardia arvensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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