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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bartonia verna
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spring Bartonia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bartonia verna
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bartonia verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-04-001:
Bartonia verna FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bartonia verna
COMMON NAME:
Spring Bartonia, White Bartonia, White Screwstem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bave2_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_bartonia_verna_5113
December Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Four tiny petals, widest above middle, atop a purplish threadlike 2-8" stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bartonia verna
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bartonia verna
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bartonia verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-04-001:
Bartonia verna
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bartonia verna
3053
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, interdune swales, other moist sands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like, inconspicuous
Opposite or subopposite
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
4 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p136
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p032
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p258
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p363
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p114
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p212
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