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Yellow Screwstem (Bartonia virginica)

Yellow Screwstem (Bartonia Virginica) https://www.sagebud.com/yellow-screwstem-bartonia-virginica/
Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. | License: PD USDA NRCS
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Bartonia Virginica, or more commonly know as Yellow Screwstem, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Bartonia. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Bartonia Virginica or Yellow Screwstem's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Bartonia
  • Family: Gentianaceae
  • Order: Gentianales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Annual
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: KY (T) MN (E)
  • State T/E Common Name: KY (yellow screwstem) MN (Virginia bartonia)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACW FACW+
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW) 2(FACW) 3(FACW+)





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