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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Odontites verna (Bellardi) Dumort. subsp. serotina (Dumort.) Corb.
odontites, red bartsia
Odontites: ancient name for "tooth" since this was used to cure tooth-ache
verna: of spring
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-16" tall forb, reddish, hairy, often widely branched, partially parasitic |
| Flower: | light red, 5-parted, 1/3" long, tubular-shaped, hairy, often on only one side of the stem, 4 stamens, upper lip hooded and nearly straight, lower lip wider with 3 shallow lobes; inflorescence a spike-like cluster of mostly stalkless flowers from the upper leaf axils; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | elliptical, hairy capsule |
| Leaf: | opposite, small, stalkless, roughly hairy |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas, fields |
| (Glossary) |
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 Dumort. subsp. serotina (Dumort.) Corb.&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=ODOVERsSER)
 Dumort. subsp. serotina (Dumort.) Corb.&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=ODOVERsSER)
 Dumort. subsp. serotina (Dumort.) Corb.&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=ODOVERsSER)
