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Your search found 60 taxa in the family Plantaginaceae, Plantain family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Waterstar, Common Water-starwort, Two-headed Water-starwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla FAMILY: Callitrichaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Callitriche heterophylla 109-01-001 FAMILY: Callitrichaceae
Habitat: Pools, slow-moving streams, ditches
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Pond Water-starwort, European water-starwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Callitriche stagnalis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callitriche stagnalis FAMILY: Callitrichaceae
Habitat: Ponds, stagnant water, wet soil
Non-native: Europe /possibly native in some areas
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Common Name:
Pool-sprite, Snorkelwort, Little Amphianthus
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola amphiantha FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Amphianthus pusillus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Amphianthus pusillus 166-04-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Vernal pools on granitic flatrocks
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tropical Water-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bacopa innominata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bacopa innominata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bacopa cyclophylla 166-05-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Freshwater tidal muds, marshes, shallow water
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bacopa caroliniana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bacopa caroliniana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bacopa caroliniana 166-05-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Wet shores, tidal muds, marshes, disturbed wetland sites
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mecardonia, Common Axilflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mecardonia acuminata 166-06-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, wet pine savannas, bottomland forests, wet disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shaggy Hedge-hyssop, Pilose Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sophronanthe pilosa FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola pilosa FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola pilosa 166-07-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, wet areas, wet pine savannas
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pineland Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sophronanthe hispida FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola hispida FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Dry-mesic pine savannas, scrubby pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, grasslands, dunes
Uncommon in GA
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Branched Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola ramosa FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola ramosa FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola ramosa 166-07-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Pondcypress savannas, wet pine savannas, pineland ponds and Carolina bays, marshes, pond margins, ditches
Common in GA & SC (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow Hedge-hyssop, Golden-pert, Golden Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola lutea FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola aurea FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola aurea 166-07-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Blackwater river banks, pondcypress savannas in Carolina bays, other acidic wetlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Viscid Hedge-hyssop, Sticky Hedge-hyssop, Short's Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola viscidula FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola viscidula FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola viscidula 166-07-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, beaver ponds, wet areas, ditches, margins of Coastal Plain ponds
Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mud-hyssop, Mud Hedge-hyssop, Clammy Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola neglecta FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gratiola neglecta FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola neglecta 166-07-005 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Ditches, wet areas, bottomlands, wet cropped fields, brackish marshes
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Roundfruit Hedge-hyssop, Virginia Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gratiola virginiana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola virginiana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola virginiana 166-07-006 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Sluggish streams, bogs, wet areas
Common (uncommon in SC Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cuthbert’s Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone cuthbertii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone cuthbertii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone cuthbertii 166-13-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere (historically in SC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Turtlehead, Pink Turtlehead, Appalachian Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone lyonii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone lyonii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone lyonii 166-13-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, spruce-fir forests, balds, streambanks
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone obliqua + FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone obliqua + FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone obliqua 166-13-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in streambanks, swamp forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone glabra FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone glabra FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone glabra 166-13-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Streambanks, seeps, swamp forests
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small's Beardtongue, Blue Ridge Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon smallii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon smallii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon smallii 166-14-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, cliffs, glades, roadbanks
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Beardtongue, Gray's Beardtongue, Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon canescens FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Penstemon canescens FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon canescens 166-14-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, glades, forest edges, rocky woodlands, roadsides
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]
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Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pale Beardtongue, Eastern White Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon pallidus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon pallidus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon pallidus 166-14-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Limestone and shale barrens, other dry, disturbed areas
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Downy Beardtongue, Sandhill Beardtongue, Southern Beardtongue, Southeastern Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon australis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon australis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon australis 166-14-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, dry hammocks, dry sandy roadsides, woodland margins
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Smooth Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon digitalis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon digitalis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon digitalis 166-14-005 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Alluvial forests, moist fields, disturbed areas, ditches
Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native (the original distribution is somewhat uncertain)
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Common Name:
Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Beardtongue, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon laevigatus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon laevigatus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon laevigatus 166-14-006 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Low meadows, bottomlands, forest edges, hammocks
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Longsepal Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Limestone ledges, other woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Beardtongue, Grit Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Altamaha Grit outcrops, sandhills
Rare (endemic to Altamaha Grit outcrops and other sandy areas in south Georgia)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Northeastern Beardtongue, Hairy Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and fields
Waif(s)
Native north of the Carolinas
Common Name: Manyflower Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Oldfield Toadflax, Common Toadflax, Canada Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria canadensis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuttallanthus canadensis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria canadensis 166-16-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of natural and disturbed habitats, especially common and weedy in disturbed sites such as roadsides and fields, also common and apparently native in thin soil of rock outcrops
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Texas Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria texana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuttallanthus texanus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria canadensis 166-16-001? FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Granite flatrocks, grassy pinelands, dry sandy soils, disturbed soils of roadsides and fields
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in GA & SC
Native to south central US, not clear how far east original range extended (GA?)
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Common Name:
Butter-and-eggs, Yellow Toadflax, Wild-snapdragon
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria vulgaris FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria vulgaris FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria vulgaris 166-16-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Dalmation Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Roadsides and other disturbed areas
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe & western Asia
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Common Name:
Purple Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria purpurea FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria purpurea FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Waif(s)
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name: Dwarf Snapdragon
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Chaenorhinum minus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chaenorrhinum minus 166-18-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Road shoulders, railroad embankments, other disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Culver's-root, Culver's-physic
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronicastrum virginicum FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronicastrum virginicum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronicastrum virginicum 166-19-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Streambanks, bogs, wet meadows, moist prairies, dryish soils in areas with prairie affinities, woodlands on high pH soils
Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont, rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Thymeleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica serpyllifolia 166-20-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Meadows, lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica peregrina var. peregrina FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica peregrina 166-20-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Corn Speedwell, Wall Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica arvensis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica arvensis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica arvensis 166-20-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Ivyleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica hederifolia FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica hederifolia FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica hederaefolia 166-20-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Lawns, fields, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bird's-eye Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica persica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica persica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica persica 166-20-005 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Water Speedwell, Brook Pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica anagallis-aquatica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Veronica anagallis-aquatica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica anagallis-aquatica 166-20-008 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, streamsides, ditches
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina? or possibly introduced
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Common Name: American Speedwell, Brooklime
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica americana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica americana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica americana 166-20-009 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, streamsides
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Veronica officinalis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica officinalis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica officinalis 166-20-010 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields and forests; often interpreted as being of mixed native and alien background in North America
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native
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Common Name: Germander Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica chamaedrys ssp. chamaedrys FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Veronica chamaedrys FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica chamaedrys 166-20-011 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, golf courses, lawns, rarely naturalized in forests
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name: Marsh Speedwell, Narrowleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica scutellata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica scutellata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamps
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Garden Speedwell, Longleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica longifolia FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Pseudolysimachion longifolium FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: European Speedwell, European Brooklime
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica beccabunga FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica beccabunga FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Wet places
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Eastern Blue-eyed Mary
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Collinsia verna FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Collinsia verna FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist bottomlands and forested slopes
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Digitalis, Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Digitalis purpurea FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Digitalis purpurea ssp. purpurea FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, bog margins
Rare in NC
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Asian Marshweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Limnophila sessiliflora FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Limnophila sessiliflora FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Ponds, ditches, lakes
Rare
Non-native: Old World tropics
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Common Name:
Heartleaf Plantain, King-root
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago cordata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago cordata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago cordata 172-01-001 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Aquatic or semi-aquatic in streambeds with outcrops of slate, limestone, or calcareous clay, and aquatic in tidal estuaries
Very scattered and rare in every state in which it occurs, except MO
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Plantain, White-man's-foot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago major FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Plantago major FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago major 172-01-002 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas
Uncommon (rare in GA Mountains)
Non-native: Europe /possibly native to northeast US
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Common Name:
American Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Rugel’s Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Plantago rugelii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Plantago rugelii var. rugelii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago rugelii 172-01-003 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
English Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain, Rib-grass, Narrowleaf Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago lanceolata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago lanceolata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago lanceolata 172-01-004 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bracted Plantain, Large-bracted Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago aristata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago aristata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago aristata 172-01-005 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Sandy and other barren soils, disturbed areas, especially dry, barren, exposed soil, such as clay soils denuded by bulldozing
Common
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Wright's Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago wrightiana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago wrightiana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago hookeriana var. nuda 172-01-006 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Sandy, rocky, or gravelly prairies and open woodlands; eastwards in on roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC0
Native: Southwest US & Mexico apparently, but the original distribution somewhat obscure
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Common Name:
Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain, Hoary Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago virginica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago virginica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago virginica 172-01-008 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Saline marshes, thin soils over rock, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain, Slender Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago heterophylla FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago heterophylla FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago heterophylla 172-01-009 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Pineland Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Plantago sparsiflora FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago sparsiflora FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago sparsiflora 172-01-010 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas over calcareous substrates (coquina limestone), now usually found in moister human-created microhabitats adjacent to these sites, such as fire-plow lines, shallow ditches along roadsides, or mowed powerline rights-of-way
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sand Plantain, Leafy-stemmed Plantain, Psyllium, Flaxseed Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago indica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Plantago arenaria FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago psillium 172-01-011 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas; introduced from Eurasia
Waif(s)
Non-native: Eurasia
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