Sherardian.
A genus of gamopetalous rubiaceous plants, comprising one species, S. arvensis, the field-madder; a plant of this genus.
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wild madderc1450
crudwort15..
Our Lady bedstraw1527
Our Lady's bedstraw1543
galion1548
maidenhair1548
purple goose-grass1548
cheese renning1578
crosswort1578
golden mugget1578
petty mugget1578
lady's bedstraw1585
maid's hair1597
cheese rennet1599
runnet1678
field madder1684
mugweed1690
rondeletia1739
Richardia1755
petty madder1760
madderlen1770
galium1785
Sherardia1785
joint-grass1790
mugwort1796
bluet1818
bedstraw1820
madderwort1845
hundredfold1853
honeywort1863
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xv. 170 Sherardia and Woodroof have funnel-shaped corols.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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