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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
Culver's-physic, Culver's-root
Veronicastrum: in honor of St. Veronica
virginicum: of Virginia
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-6' tall forb, usually with a few erect branches |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/4"-1/3" long, tubular-shaped, nearly regular lobes much shorter than the tube; inflorescence with many, crowded flowers on several 2"-6" terminal, stalked, dense, slender spikes forming a large, conical cluster; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule |
| Leaf: | whorls of 3-6 leaves, stalked, lance-like to oblong, finely toothed |
| Habitat: | full sun to shade; dry, moderate moisture to wet; upland woods, prairies; in sandy, loamy soil |
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