View source for Veronicastrum virginicum

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Veronicastrum virginicum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Farwell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Druggist’s Circ.
|place=61: 231. 1917
|year=1917
}}
|common_names=Culver's-root or -physic
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Veronica virginica
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 9. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronicastrum;Veronicastrum virginicum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Veronicastrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Veronicastrum virginicum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 320
|treatment_page=page 323
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>unbranched or branched distally, 80–200 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal leaves: withering, petiole 2–4 mm, blade lanceolate to broadly lanceolate or elliptic, (40–)70–140 × 10–36 mm; distal leaves: petiole 0.1–3 mm, blade lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 20–40 × 3–10 mm. <b>Racemes</b> 1–8(–12), continuous, cylindric, 6–35 cm; bracts leaflike, smaller distally, (4–)12–75 × 1–12 mm; cymes 1- or 2-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending, 0.3–1.2 mm, glabrous; bracteoles linear-lanceolate to linear. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx glabrous, lobes 1.2–3 × 0.5–1 mm, abaxial 2 shorter than abaxial (2 or)3; corolla 4–5.5(–6.5) mm, glabrous externally, obscurely pubescent internally, tube not differentiated from throat, 1–1.3 mm diam., lobes spreading, broadly ovate to triangular, 1.2–2.2 mm, abaxial 3 narrower than adaxial 1; stamens long-exserted, filaments 7–9 mm; nectariferous ring at base of ovary; style 7–9 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid to ellipsoid, 2.5–4.5(–5.2) × 1.8–2.3 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 0.3–0.7 × 0.2–0.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to mesic forests, tallgrass prairies, thickets, oak savannas.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.S.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The roots and rhizomes of <i>Veronicastrum virginicum</i> were used widely by Native Americans as an emetic and cathartic (D. E. Moerman 1998). The pharmacologic properties of <i>V. virginicum</i> have been studied and promoted since the early 1800s (K. Kindscher 1992). It is grown widely as an ornamental and often escapes from cultivation. Populations in Nova Scotia are introduced.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronicastrum virginicum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Farwell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Veronica virginica
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to mesic forests, tallgrass prairies, thickets, oak savannas.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.S.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Druggist’s Circ.
|publication year=1917
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_779.xml
|genus=Veronicastrum
|species=Veronicastrum virginicum
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Veronicastrum]]