Bartonia verna (Michaux) Rafinesque ex Barton. Common name: Spring Bartonia, White Bartonia. Phenology: (Nov-) Jan-Apr (-Jun); Apr-Jun. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, interdune swales, other moist sands. Distribution: 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, K4, RAB, S, Va, WH3, Drake (2011), Gillett (1959), Mathews et al (2009); = n/a — C; Centaurella verna Michaux. Basionym: Centaurella verna Michx. 1803
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
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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