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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-05-001:
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pennywort, Virginia Pennywort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_obvi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140322_315b
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Flowers approximately 12mm long, four-lobed with pointed tips, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm140322_386
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_virginica_1
March Walker County GA
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_obolaria_virginica
March
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JK Marlow jkm090404_331
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Flowers subtended by obovate, wedge-shaped greenish-purple bracts of leaves, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm120414_945
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm150423_606
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves thick and fleshy, greenish to greenish-purple, and 7-14mm long, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmovirginica_jocassee
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Funnel-shaped corolla cleft to about the middle with 4 pointed lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.