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| Richardia scabra | |
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| Photo was taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Rubiales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Richardia |
| Species: | R. scabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Richardia scabra L. | |
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| Natural range of Richardia scabra from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Common name is Rough Mexican Flower (Nelson 2006).
Distribution
It is observed in South Carolina Coastal Plain (Lewis and Harshbarger 1976).
Ecology
Habitat
Fine sandy loams, poorly drained with slow permeability (Lewis and Harshbarger 1976). Found in vacant lots, roadsides, abandoned fields, and other dry, disturbed sites (Nelson 2006).
Phenology
Blooms from June through December (Nelson 2006).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
Deyrup observed these bees, Agapostemon splendens, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Anthidiellum maculatum rufimaculatum, Megachile mendica, M. texana, Apis mellifera, and Bombus pennsylvanicus, on R. scabra (Deyrup et al 2002).
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Richardia scabra
Apidae: Apis mellifera
Apidae: Bombus pennsylvanicus
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens
Halictidae: Augochloropsis sumptuosa
Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum
Megachilidae: Megachile mendica
Sphecidae: Ammophila pictipennis
Sphecidae: Cerceris tolteca
Sphecidae: Prionyx thomae
Sphecidae: Stictia carolina
Sphecidae: Tachytes pepticus
Vespidae: Leptochilus republicanus
Vespidae: Parancistrocerus salcularis rufuluS
Use by animals
Richardia scabra was heavily fed on by Gopher tortoises in agricultural areas of southwestern Georgia (Garner and Landers 1981)
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- Nelson, Gil. Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers: A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Coastal Regions of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Northeastern Florida. Guilford, CT: FalconGuide, 2006. 159. Print.
- Lewis, C. E. and T. J. Harshbarger. 1976. Shrub and herbaceous vegetation after 20 years of prescribed burning in the South Carolina coastal plain. Journal of Range Management 29:13-18.
- Deyrup, Mark, Jayanthi Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden. 2002. The Diversity and Floral Hosts of Bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insect Mundi 16.1-3: 87-120.
- Garner, J. A. and J. L. Landers. 1981. Foods and habitat of the gopher tortoise in southwestern Georgia. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 35:120-134.
