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Your search found 87 taxa in the family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Princess Tree, Empress Tree, Royal Paulownia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Paulownia tomentosa FAMILY: Paulowniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paulownia tomentosa FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paulownia tomentosa 166-01-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, roadcuts, forests
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Pool-sprite, Snorkelwort, Little Amphianthus
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) 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
Look for it in vernal pools on granitic flatrocks
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tropical Water-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in freshwater tidal muds, marshes, shallow water
Rare
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: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it on wet shores, tidal muds, marshes
Common in GA-SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in our area)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mecardonia, Common Axilflower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in marshes, ditches, 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: (10/20/20) 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
Look for it in 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:
Yellow Hedge-hyssop, Golden-pert, Golden Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) 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
Look for it on blackwater riverbanks, in pond cypress savannas in Carolina bays, other acidic wetlands
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Viscid Hedge-hyssop, Sticky Hedge-hyssop, Short's Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) 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
Look for it in bogs, marshes, beaver ponds, wet areas, ditches, margins of Coastal Plain ponds
Common (uncommon in Mountains, rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mud-hyssop, Mud Hedge-hyssop, Clammy Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) 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
Look for it in ditches, wet areas, bottomlands, wet cropped fields, brackish marshes
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Roundfruit Hedge-hyssop, Virginia Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Gratiola virginiana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING 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
Look for it in 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:
Pineland Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Sophronanthe hispida FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola hispida FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in dry-mesic pine savannas, scrubby pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, grasslands, dunes
Uncommon in GA
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Mazus
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Mazus pumilus FAMILY: Mazaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mazus pumilus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mazus japonicus 166-08-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in lawns, rocky riverbanks
Uncommon
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Creeping Mazus, Miquel's mazus
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Mazus miquelii FAMILY: Mazaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mazus miquelii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mazus miguelii 166-08-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in lawns
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Yellowseed False Pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Lindernia dubia FAMILY: Linderniaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lindernia dubia var. dubia FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lindernia dubia 166-09-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in wet sandy or muddy areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, False Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Lindernia monticola FAMILY: Linderniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lindernia monticola FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lindernia monticola 166-09-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in seasonal seepage on granitic flatrocks, and on river-scoured siliceous rocks
Common in GA Piedmont (uncommon or rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Shade Mudflower
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Micranthemum umbrosum FAMILY: Linderniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Micranthemum umbrosum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Micranthemum umbrosum 166-10-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in shallow pools, stagnant streams, wet depressions in swamp forests
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Allegheny Monkey-flower, Square-stemmed Monkey-flower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Mimulus ringens var. ringens FAMILY: Phrymaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimulus ringens var. ringens FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mimulus ringens 166-11-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in marshes, bogs, wet meadows, bottomlands
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Winged Monkey-flower, Sharpwing Monkey-flower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Mimulus alatus FAMILY: Phrymaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimulus alatus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mimulus alatus 166-11-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in marshes, bottomlands, ditches
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Moth Mullein
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbascum blattaria FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum blattaria FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum blattaria 166-12-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon GA Piedmont & Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbascum virgatum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum virgatum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum virgatum 166-12-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in sandhills, sandy disturbed areas, roadsides
Uncommon in SC, rare in GA & NC
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein, Flannel-plant, Velvet-plant
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Verbascum thapsus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum thapsus 166-12-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Clasping Mullein, Orange Mullein
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Verbascum phlomoides FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum phlomoides FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum phlomoides 166-12-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, roadsides, sandhills
Rare [but expanding its range???]
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Cuthbert’s Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps
Uncommon in NC-SC Mountains, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Turtlehead, Pink Turtlehead, Appalachian Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in cove forests, spruce-fir forests, balds, streambanks
Uncommon (rare in SC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Purple Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in streambanks, seeps, swamp forests
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small's Penstemon, Blue Ridge Beardtongue, Small's Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in woodlands, cliffs, glades, roadbanks
Common, endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Beardtongue, Gray's Beardtongue, Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in woodlands, glades, forest edges, rocky woodlands, roadsides
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pale Beardtongue, Eastern White Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) 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
Look for it in 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: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in sandhills, flatwoods, dry hammocks, dry sandy roadsides
Common
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Common Name:
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in alluvial forests, moist fields, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Beardtongue, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in low meadows, bottomlands, forest edges, hammocks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Longsepal Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it on limestone ledges, other woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Beardtongue, Grit Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in 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: (11/30/12) Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, forests, & fields
Uncommon
Native north of the Carolinas
Common Name: Manyflower Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in sandhills, dry flatwoods
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Figwort, Carpenter's Square, Late Figwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Scrophularia marilandica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scrophularia marilandica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scrophularia marilandica 166-15-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in moist-to-dry nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, esp over mafic or calcareous rocks
Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hare Figwort, American Figwort, Lancelaf Figwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Scrophularia lanceolata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scrophularia lanceolata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in mesic to dry upland forests, shale barrens, clearings
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Oldfield Toadflax, Common Toadflax, Canada Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) 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
Look for it in a wide variety of natural and disturbed habitats, esp 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: (2/8/20) 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
Look for it on granite flatrocks, in dry sandy soils, in disturbed soils of roadsides and fields
Uncommon in GA, waifs in NC-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: (2/8/20) 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
Look for it in fields, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain, rare in GA)
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Dalmation Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
PLANTS National Database: Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
purple toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
PLANTS National Database: Linaria purpurea FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Non-native: Mediterranean
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Common Name:
Culver's-root
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it on streambanks, in bogs, wet meadows, dryish soils in areas with prairie affinities
Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont, rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Thymeleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in meadows, lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) 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
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
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Common Name:
Corn Speedwell, Wall Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Ivyleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in lawns, fields, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Mountains)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bird's-eye Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (rare in SC Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Water Speedwell, Brook Pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in bogs, marshes, streamsides, ditches
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina?
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Common Name: American Speedwell, American Brooklime
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in bogs, marshes, streamsides
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Veronica officinalis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Veronica officinalis var. officinalis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica officinalis 166-20-010 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in fields and forests
Common
Native & non-native?
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Common Name: Germander Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Veronica chamaedrys FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica chamaedrys FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica chamaedrys 166-20-011 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in gollf courses and lawns
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
)
Common Name: Marsh Speedwell, Narrowleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Veronica scutellata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica scutellata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in marshes, swamps
Rare
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Garden Speedwell, Longleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Veronica longifolia FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Pseudolysimachion longifolium FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: European Speedwell, European Brooklime
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Veronica beccabunga FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica beccabunga FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in wet places
Non-native: Europe
)
Common Name:
American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Buchnera americana FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Buchnera americana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Buchnera americana 166-21-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in dry (seasonally moist) rocky, gravelly, or clayey soil of limestone glades, galdes over mafic rock (such as diabase, gabbro, etc.), wet meadows, sandy roadsides
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Buchnera floridana FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Buchnera americana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Buchnera floridana 166-21-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in pine savannas, flatwoods, seepage bogs, sandy roadsides
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Asiatic Witchweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Striga asiatica FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Striga asiatica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Striga lutea 166-22-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in cultivated fields, parasitic on the roots of corn & other grasses
Rare. A serious weed, targeted for eradication since it arrived here in the 50s.
Non-native: Old World
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Common Name:
Senna Seymeria, Yaupon Black-senna
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Seymeria cassioides FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Seymeria cassioides FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Seymeria cassioides 166-23-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in dry to moist pinelands, wet pine savannas, sandhills, other dry woodlands
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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