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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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Read more about Pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Obolaria virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-05-001:
Obolaria virginica FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Obolaria virginica
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 (Drake, 2011).
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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 (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm120414_945
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Drake, 2011).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmovirginica_jocassee
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Obolaria virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-05-001:
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Obolaria virginica
979
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist to dry forests, mesic hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Purplish
Radially symmetrical
Calyx absent, flower subtended by 2 foliaceous bracts
4-lobed funnelform corolla
4 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p144
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p188
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p233
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p158
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p103
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p135
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p199
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p214
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p187
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p222
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p124
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