Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Obolaria virginica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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.
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
979
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain south of VA, uncommon in GA Piedmont)
Look for it in nutrient-rich, moist forests, mesic hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
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 p144
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p188
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p158
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p103
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p135
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p149
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p199
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p187
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p222
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p124