Rubiaceae
Rough Mexican clover
Richardia scabra
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Richardia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rough Mexican clover
Synonyms
- Plethyrsis glauca Raf.
- Richardia cubensis A.Rich.
- Richardia pilosa Ruiz & Pav.
- Richardia procumbens Sessé & Moc.
- Richardia scabra var. chacoensis E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo
- Richardia shaoyoukengensis S.S.Ying
- Richardsonia cubensis A.Rich.
- Richardsonia pilosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth
- Richardsonia scabra (L.) A.St.-Hil.
- Spermacoce hirsuta Willd.
- Spermacoce involucrata Pursh
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.