Bartonia virginica (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Common name: Virginia Bartonia, Yellow Bartonia. Phenology: Jul-Oct; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Bogs, swamps, pine savannas, pocosin ecotones, pocosins, dune swales. Distribution: NS and QC west to WI, south to s. FL, LA, and e. TX (Singhurst & Bridges 2024).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl5, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, WH3, Drake (2011), Gillett (1959), Mathews et al (2009); Sagina virginica Linnaeus. Basionym: Sagina virginica L. 1753
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect wiry annual of bogs, swamps, savannas, pocosin ecotones, pocosins and dune swales.
Stems: Stem stiff and often twisted, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, scale-like.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers erect in a narrow, raceme-like panicle; yellowish-green, less than 1/4 in. long, egg-shaped in that they are essentially closed, consisting of 4 oblong petals that are typically pressed against the ovary and 4 short, lance-shaped sepals.
Fruits: Fruit a tiny, oval capsule.
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Height: 4-16 in.
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description: Erect wiry annual of bogs, swamps, savannas, pocosin ecotones, pocosins and dune swales.
stems: Stem stiff and often twisted, smooth.
leaves: Leaves opposite, scale-like.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers erect in a narrow, raceme-like panicle; yellowish-green, less than 1/4 in. long, egg-shaped in that they are essentially closed, consisting of 4 oblong petals that are typically pressed against the ovary and 4 short, lance-shaped sepals.
fruits: Fruit a tiny, oval capsule.
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