NameThatPlant.net: Obolaria virginica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Obolaria virginica FAMILY Gentianaceae Go to FSUS key

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist to dry forests, mesic hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Purplish
Radially symmetrical
Calyx absent, flower subtended by 2 foliaceous bracts
4-lobed funnelform corolla
4 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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