Field Madder

Field Madder - Sherardia arvensis

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Description

This plant has small pink to lilac flowers with four petals. The leaves vary from hairless to being covered in thick bristles and are in whorls of between 4 and 6.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Arable land and waste places.

When to see it

May to August.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

Widespread but local throughout Britain.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 28 of the 617 tetrads.

  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    15 May 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Fleckney
    16 July 2016
  • Andy's Rutland
    Public footpath on headland-Love's Lane to Gunnel Lane Meadow
    24 May 2018
  • martindgrimes
    Great Casterton
    27 September 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Egleton, field edge
    31 October 2022
  • David Nicholls
    Ketton Quarry
    13 June 2014

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