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Photographer: Kay Yatskievych
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Family Gentianaceae
Bartonia paniculata (Michx.) Muhl.
twining screw-stem
Bartonia: for Prof. Benjamin Smith Barton, of Philadelphia
paniculata: with panicles
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect to drooping, annual/biennial, 8"-16" tall forb to almost herbaceous vine; sometimes twines or scrambles over other vegetation |
| Flower: | yellowish, 4-parted, 1/8" long, stalked, petals lance-shaped; inflorescence a branched cluster (panicle); blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | tiny, scale-like, mostly alternate, lower sometimes opposite |
| Habitat: | wet; swamps, bogs, meadows |
| (Glossary) |
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