| Dicotyledon | Literature for Sherardia arvensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Rubiaceae -- The Coffee Family | Bibliography |
| Sherardia arvensis | |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Eurasia, now widely naturalized.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Stems 1-4 dm long, sparsely scabrid with small deflexed hairs. |
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| Leaves |
Lower leaves obovate-cuspidate, quickly withering, upper leaves oblanceolate, 5-20 mm long, 1-5 mm wide, apex mucronate. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers 4-10 per head; corolla 4-5 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit 2-7 mm long, scabrid. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 22 |
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