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