OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 60 taxa in the family Plantaginaceae, Plantain family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Waterstar, Common Water-starwort, Two-headed Water-starwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla   FAMILY: Callitrichaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Callitriche heterophylla 109-01-001   FAMILY: Callitrichaceae

 

Habitat: Pools, slow-moving streams, ditches

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Pond Water-starwort, European water-starwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Callitriche stagnalis   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callitriche stagnalis   FAMILY: Callitrichaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, stagnant water, wet soil

Non-native: Europe /possibly native in some areas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Pool-sprite, Snorkelwort, Little Amphianthus

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola amphiantha   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Amphianthus pusillus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Amphianthus pusillus 166-04-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Vernal pools on granitic flatrocks

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Tropical Water-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bacopa innominata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bacopa innominata   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bacopa cyclophylla 166-05-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Freshwater tidal muds, marshes, shallow water

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bacopa caroliniana 166-05-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Wet shores, tidal muds, marshes, disturbed wetland sites

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mecardonia, Common Axilflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mecardonia acuminata 166-06-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, ditches, wet pine savannas, bottomland forests, wet disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Shaggy Hedge-hyssop, Pilose Hedge-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sophronanthe pilosa   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola pilosa   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola pilosa 166-07-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, wet areas, wet pine savannas

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Pineland Hedge-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sophronanthe hispida   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola hispida   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Dry-mesic pine savannas, scrubby pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, grasslands, dunes

Uncommon in GA

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Branched Hedge-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola ramosa   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola ramosa   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola ramosa 166-07-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Pondcypress savannas, wet pine savannas, pineland ponds and Carolina bays, marshes, pond margins, ditches

Common in GA & SC (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Yellow Hedge-hyssop, Golden-pert, Golden Hedge-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola lutea   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola aurea   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola aurea 166-07-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Blackwater river banks, pondcypress savannas in Carolina bays, other acidic wetlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Viscid Hedge-hyssop, Sticky Hedge-hyssop, Short's Hedge-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola viscidula   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola viscidula   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola viscidula 166-07-004   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, marshes, beaver ponds, wet areas, ditches, margins of Coastal Plain ponds

Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Mud-hyssop, Mud Hedge-hyssop, Clammy Hedge-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola neglecta 166-07-005   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Ditches, wet areas, bottomlands, wet cropped fields, brackish marshes

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Roundfruit Hedge-hyssop, Virginia Hedge-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola virginiana   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola virginiana   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola virginiana 166-07-006   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Sluggish streams, bogs, wet areas

Common (uncommon in SC Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Cuthbert’s Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone cuthbertii   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone cuthbertii   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone cuthbertii 166-13-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Turtlehead, Pink Turtlehead, Appalachian Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone lyonii   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone lyonii   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone lyonii 166-13-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Cove forests, spruce-fir forests, balds, streambanks

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purple Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone obliqua 166-13-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Look for it in streambanks, swamp forests

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: White Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone glabra   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone glabra   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone glabra 166-13-004   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Streambanks, seeps, swamp forests

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small's Beardtongue, Blue Ridge Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon smallii   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon smallii   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon smallii 166-14-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, cliffs, glades, roadbanks

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Appalachian Beardtongue, Gray's Beardtongue, Eastern Gray Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon canescens   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Penstemon canescens   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon canescens 166-14-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, glades, forest edges, rocky woodlands, roadsides

Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

 

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Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Pale Beardtongue, Eastern White Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon pallidus   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon pallidus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon pallidus 166-14-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Limestone and shale barrens, other dry, disturbed areas

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Downy Beardtongue, Sandhill Beardtongue, Southern Beardtongue, Southeastern Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon australis   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon australis   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon australis 166-14-004   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, dry hammocks, dry sandy roadsides, woodland margins

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Smooth Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon digitalis   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon digitalis   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon digitalis 166-14-005   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Alluvial forests, moist fields, disturbed areas, ditches

Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native (the original distribution is somewhat uncertain)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Beardtongue, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon laevigatus   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon laevigatus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon laevigatus 166-14-006   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Low meadows, bottomlands, forest edges, hammocks

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Longsepal Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon calycosus   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon calycosus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Limestone ledges, other woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Georgia Beardtongue, Grit Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon dissectus   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon dissectus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Altamaha Grit outcrops, sandhills

Rare (endemic to Altamaha Grit outcrops and other sandy areas in south Georgia)

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Northeastern Beardtongue, Hairy Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon hirsutus   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon hirsutus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and fields

Waif(s)

Native north of the Carolinas

 


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Common Name: Manyflower Beardtongue

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon multiflorus   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon multiflorus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands

Uncommon

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Oldfield Toadflax, Common Toadflax, Canada Toadflax

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria canadensis   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuttallanthus canadensis   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria canadensis 166-16-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: In a wide variety of natural and disturbed habitats, especially common and weedy in disturbed sites such as roadsides and fields, also common and apparently native in thin soil of rock outcrops

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Texas Toadflax

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria texana   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuttallanthus texanus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria canadensis 166-16-001?   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Granite flatrocks, grassy pinelands, dry sandy soils, disturbed soils of roadsides and fields

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in GA & SC

Native to south central US, not clear how far east original range extended (GA?)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Butter-and-eggs, Yellow Toadflax, Wild-snapdragon

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria vulgaris   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria vulgaris   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria vulgaris 166-16-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Dalmation Toadflax

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides and other disturbed areas

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe & western Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Purple Toadflax

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria purpurea   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria purpurea   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Waif(s)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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Common Name: Dwarf Snapdragon

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Chaenorhinum minus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chaenorrhinum minus 166-18-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Road shoulders, railroad embankments, other disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Culver's-root, Culver's-physic

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronicastrum virginicum   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronicastrum virginicum   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronicastrum virginicum 166-19-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Streambanks, bogs, wet meadows, moist prairies, dryish soils in areas with prairie affinities, woodlands on high pH soils

Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont, rare in SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Thymeleaf Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica serpyllifolia 166-20-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Meadows, lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica peregrina var. peregrina   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica peregrina 166-20-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Corn Speedwell, Wall Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica arvensis   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica arvensis   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica arvensis 166-20-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Ivyleaf Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica hederifolia   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica hederifolia   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica hederaefolia 166-20-004   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, fields, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bird's-eye Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica persica   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica persica   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica persica 166-20-005   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Water Speedwell, Brook Pimpernel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica anagallis-aquatica   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Veronica anagallis-aquatica   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica anagallis-aquatica 166-20-008   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, marshes, streamsides, ditches

Rare in NC

Native to North Carolina? or possibly introduced

 


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Common Name: American Speedwell, Brooklime

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica americana   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica americana   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica americana 166-20-009   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, marshes, streamsides

Rare in NC

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Veronica officinalis   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica officinalis   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica officinalis 166-20-010   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Fields and forests; often interpreted as being of mixed native and alien background in North America

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native

 


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Common Name: Germander Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica chamaedrys ssp. chamaedrys   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Veronica chamaedrys   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica chamaedrys 166-20-011   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, golf courses, lawns, rarely naturalized in forests

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Marsh Speedwell, Narrowleaf Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica scutellata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica scutellata   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, swamps

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Garden Speedwell, Longleaf Speedwell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica longifolia   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Pseudolysimachion longifolium   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: European Speedwell, European Brooklime

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica beccabunga   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica beccabunga   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Wet places

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Eastern Blue-eyed Mary

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Collinsia verna   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Collinsia verna   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist bottomlands and forested slopes

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Digitalis, Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Digitalis purpurea   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Digitalis purpurea ssp. purpurea   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, bog margins

Rare in NC

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Asian Marshweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Limnophila sessiliflora   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Limnophila sessiliflora   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, ditches, lakes

Rare

Non-native: Old World tropics

 


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camera icon Common Name: Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago cordata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago cordata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago cordata 172-01-001   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Aquatic or semi-aquatic in streambeds with outcrops of slate, limestone, or calcareous clay, and aquatic in tidal estuaries

Very scattered and rare in every state in which it occurs, except MO

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Plantain, White-man's-foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago major   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Plantago major   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago major 172-01-002   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon (rare in GA Mountains)

Non-native: Europe /possibly native to northeast US

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Rugel’s Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Plantago rugelii   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Plantago rugelii var. rugelii   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago rugelii 172-01-003   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: English Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain, Rib-grass, Narrowleaf Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago lanceolata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago lanceolata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago lanceolata 172-01-004   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bracted Plantain, Large-bracted Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago aristata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago aristata   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago aristata 172-01-005   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy and other barren soils, disturbed areas, especially dry, barren, exposed soil, such as clay soils denuded by bulldozing

Common

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Wright's Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago wrightiana   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago wrightiana   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago hookeriana var. nuda 172-01-006   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy, rocky, or gravelly prairies and open woodlands; eastwards in on roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC0

Native: Southwest US & Mexico apparently, but the original distribution somewhat obscure

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain, Hoary Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago virginica   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago virginica   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago virginica 172-01-008   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Saline marshes, thin soils over rock, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain, Slender Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago heterophylla   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago heterophylla   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago heterophylla 172-01-009   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Pineland Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Plantago sparsiflora   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago sparsiflora   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago sparsiflora 172-01-010   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas over calcareous substrates (coquina limestone), now usually found in moister human-created microhabitats adjacent to these sites, such as fire-plow lines, shallow ditches along roadsides, or mowed powerline rights-of-way

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sand Plantain, Leafy-stemmed Plantain, Psyllium, Flaxseed Plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago indica   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Plantago arenaria   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago psillium 172-01-011   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas; introduced from Eurasia

Waif(s)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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