[The Madder Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Blue Fieldmadder, Blue Field-madder, Blue Field Madder, Herb Sherard, Spurwort

Sherardia arvensis

Blue Fieldmadder, Blue Field-madder, Herb Sherard, Spurwort: Sherardia arvensis

The photo above shows a close-up sideview of the inflorescence and whorl of awl-like leaves of blue field-madder as seen at a BLM site east of Salem, OR........early June, 2006. The flowers have 4 narrow petals.
Paul Slichter