Search Field Guide
Advanced Search
MT Gov Logo
Montana Field Guide

Montana Field Guides

German Madwort - Asperugo procumbens
Other Names:  Madwort

Image Copyright and Usage Information
Non-native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNA
C-value: 0


Agency Status
USFWS:
USFS:
BLM:


 

External Links

 
General Description
Weak-stemmed annual. Stems ascending, lax, 25–100 cm. Herbage hispid; stems retrorse-prickly. Leaves: the basal petiolate, oblanceolate to spatulate, 2–8 cm long, becoming smaller and sessile on the stem. Inflorescence of solitary or paired, axillary flowers. Flowers reflexed-pedicellate; calyx divided ca. halfway, becoming compressed and 1–2 cm across in fruit with 2 small teeth between each pair of lobes, veiny and prickly; corolla funnelform, blue, ca. 2 mm long, the lobes ca. 1 mm long; fornices apparent; stamens included; style short, unlobed. Nutlets ovate, minutely muricate, compressed, 2–3 mm long, hidden by the calyx; scar above midlength (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

Non-native
 


Range Comments
Introduced throughout much of northern U.S. and adjacent Canada; native to Eurasia (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 128

(Click on the following maps and charts to see full sized version) Map Help and Descriptions
Relative Density

Recency

 

(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)



Habitat
Lawns, gardens, riparian thickets, vacant lots; valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Management

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
    Do you know of a citation we're missing?
    • Eggers, M.J.S. 2005. Riparian vegetation of the Montana Yellowstone and cattle grazing impacts thereon. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. 125 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
    • Seipel, T.F. 2006. Plant species diversity in the sagebrush steppe of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 87 p.
  • Web Search Engines for Articles on "German Madwort"
Login Logout

Take us with you! PDF icon

Look for this PDF icon as you search and browse.  Click it to build a custom PDF with species shown on that page or for all the species within that taxonomic level.  To create your own list of species, use the PDF Creator tool at the bottom of the Advanced Search page.

Here's some links if you want to download a whole group.

Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Invertebrates
Butterflies / Moths
Dragonflies / Damselflies
Ferns and allies
Conifers
Flowering Plants (Dicots)
Flowering Plants (Monocots)
Bryophytes
Lichens
Ecological Systems
Noxious Weeds
Citation for data on this website:
German Madwort — Asperugo procumbens.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from