Bartonia verna
Fl. Virgin. 51. 1812.
Common names: White or spring bartonia
Endemic
Basionym: Centaurella verna Michaux Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 98, plate 12, fig. 2. 1803
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.
Herbs erect, purplish or rarely yellowish, 2–23 cm. Leaves alternate or distal leaves subopposite, ± evenly spaced; blade 0.6–3.5 mm. Inflorescences ± open, racemoid cymes or solitary flowers. Flowers: calyx lobed nearly to base, lobes lanceolate, 0.9–2.8 × 0.5–1.5 mm, apex obtuse to subacute; corolla white, 4.8–11 × 1.5–4 mm, lobed nearly to base, lobes narrowly spatulate-obovate to elliptic, margins usually undulate-erose, apices rounded to subacute, not mucronate; anthers sometimes coiling, yellow, 0.5–1.1 mm, apex rounded; style short and stout; stigmas decurrent along its length. Capsules dehiscent medially. 2n = 44.
Phenology: Flowering winter (southernmost part of range)–spring (northward).
Habitat: Bogs, shores, moist savannas and meadows.
Elevation: 0–50 m.
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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