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Bartonia verna (Michaux) Rafinesque ex Barton. Spring Bartonia, White Bartonia. Phen: (Nov-) Jan-Apr (-Jun); Apr-Jun. Hab: Wet pine savannas, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, interdune swales, other moist sands. Dist: VA (one site known from City of Virginia Beach) (Belden et al. 2004) and se. NC (Carteret County) south to s. FL, west to se. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Wood & Weaver’s (1982) speculation that B. verna is an outlier relative to the other species appears not to be true, with the deeper division being between B. verna / virginica on the one hand and the B. paniculata subspecies on the other (Mathews et al. 2009).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, Va, WH3, Drake (2011), Gillett (1959), Mathews et al (2009); = n/a – C

Links to other floras: = Bartonia verna - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Wiry, erect annual of wet pine savannas, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, interdune swales, and other moist sandy habitats.

Stems: Stems smooth, slightly twisted and usually reddish-tinged.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, minute and scalelike.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a narrow, sparse panicle; white, about ¼ in. long, consisting of 4 oblong to oblong-oval petals, which are widely spreading in full bloom, and 4 prominent orange stamens around a yellowish-green ovary.

Fruits: Fruit a tiny, oval capsule.

Comments: Bartonia species are believed to be at least partly dependent on a fungal association (mycorrhizae) in the soil.

Height: 2-8 in.

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description: Wiry, erect annual of wet pine savannas, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, interdune swales, and other moist sandy habitats.

stems: Stems smooth, slightly twisted and usually reddish-tinged.

leaves: Leaves opposite, minute and scalelike.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a narrow, sparse panicle; white, about ¼ in. long, consisting of 4 oblong to oblong-oval petals, which are widely spreading in full bloom, and 4 prominent orange stamens around a yellowish-green ovary.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, oval capsule.

comments: Bartonia species are believed to be at least partly dependent on a fungal association (mycorrhizae) in the soil.

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