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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Gentianaceae
Bartonia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Virginia bartonia, yellow screw-stem
Bartonia: for Prof. Benjamin Smith Barton, of Philadelphia
virginica: of Virginia
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-16" tall forb; stems with a few branches |
| Flower: | yellowish, 4-parted, 1/8" long, stalked, petals oblong; inflorescence a branched cluster (panicle); blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | tiny, scale-like, usually opposite, with little chlorophyll |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs, meadows, sandy-peaty ditches |
| (Glossary) |
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 Britton, Sterns @ Poggenb.&phog=Corey Raimond&spcode=BARVIR)
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 Britton, Sterns @ Poggenb.&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=BARVIR)
