North Carolina Wildflowers

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Rubiaceae > Richardia
	Tropical Mexican Clover, Richardia (Richardia brasiliensis) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Introduced from South America, Richardia is common along roadsides and in many other open, disturbed habitats in the piedmont and coastal plain of North Carolina.
	Tropical Mexican Clover, Richardia (Richardia brasiliensis) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 This species is distinguished from R. scabra in being more hirsute (hairy) along the entire stem and on both leaf surfaces.
	Tropical Mexican Clover, Richardia (Richardia brasiliensis) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.