Hebrew: ששית מצויה, Arabic: شيرردية الحقول
| Scientific name: | Sherardia arvensis L. | |
| Common name: | Little Field Madder, Spurwort | |
| Hebrew name: | ששית מצויה | |
| Arabic name: | شيرردية الحقول | |
| Family: | Rubiaceae, פואתיים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Leaves: | Whorled, entire | |
| Flowers: | Lilach, pink | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve Derivation of the botanical name: Sherardia, named after William Sherard (1659-1728), the botanist and founder of the Sherardian Professorship of Botany, University of Oxford, UK. arvensis, arvum, field, cultivated land, plowed land; ensis adjective suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat. Meaning: "of cultivated fields". The hebrew name: ששית, shishit, from שש / six; calyx 6-toothed, persistent in fruit.
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