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Your search found 87 taxa in the family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Princess Tree, Empress Tree, Royal Paulownia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Paulownia tomentosa FAMILY: Paulowniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paulownia tomentosa FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paulownia tomentosa 166-01-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, roadcuts, forests
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Pool-sprite, Snorkelwort, Little Amphianthus
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Gratiola amphiantha FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Amphianthus pusillus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Amphianthus pusillus 166-04-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Vernal pools on granitic flatrocks
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tropical Water-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bacopa innominata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bacopa innominata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bacopa cyclophylla 166-05-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Freshwater tidal muds, marshes, shallow water
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bacopa caroliniana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bacopa caroliniana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bacopa caroliniana 166-05-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Wet shores, tidal muds, marshes, disturbed wetland sites
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mecardonia, Common Axilflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mecardonia acuminata 166-06-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, wet pine savannas, bottomland forests, wet disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shaggy Hedge-hyssop, Pilose Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Sophronanthe pilosa FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola pilosa FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola pilosa 166-07-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, wet areas, wet pine savannas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow Hedge-hyssop, Golden-pert, Golden Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Gratiola lutea FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola aurea FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola aurea 166-07-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Blackwater river banks, pondcypress savannas in Carolina bays, other acidic wetlands
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Viscid Hedge-hyssop, Sticky Hedge-hyssop, Short's Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Gratiola viscidula FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola viscidula FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola viscidula 166-07-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, beaver ponds, wet areas, ditches, margins of Coastal Plain ponds
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mud-hyssop, Mud Hedge-hyssop, Clammy Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Gratiola neglecta FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gratiola neglecta FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola neglecta 166-07-005 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Ditches, wet areas, bottomlands, wet cropped fields, brackish marshes
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Roundfruit Hedge-hyssop, Virginia Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Gratiola virginiana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Gratiola virginiana + FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gratiola virginiana 166-07-006 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Sluggish streams, bogs, wet areas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pineland Hedge-hyssop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Sophronanthe hispida FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gratiola hispida FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Dry-mesic pine savannas, scrubby pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, grasslands, dunes
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Mazus
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mazus pumilus FAMILY: Mazaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mazus pumilus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mazus japonicus 166-08-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Lawns, sandy, rocky, or muddy shores and bars along lakes and rivers
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Creeping Mazus, Miquel's Mazus
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mazus miquelii FAMILY: Mazaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mazus miquelii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mazus miguelii 166-08-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Lawns, other moist and disturbed habitats
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Yellowseed False Pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lindernia dubia var. dubia FAMILY: Linderniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lindernia dubia var. dubia FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lindernia dubia 166-09-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Wet sandy or muddy areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, False Pimpernel, Piedmont Pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lindernia monticola FAMILY: Linderniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Lindernia monticola FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lindernia monticola 166-09-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: In seasonal seepage on granitic flatrocks, mesic hammocks, pine savannas
Common in GA Piedmont (uncommon or rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Shade Mudflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Micranthemum umbrosum FAMILY: Linderniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Micranthemum umbrosum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Micranthemum umbrosum 166-10-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Shallow pools, stagnant streams, wet depressions in swamp forests
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mimulus ringens var. ringens FAMILY: Phrymaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimulus ringens var. ringens FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mimulus ringens 166-11-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, bogs, wet meadows, bottomlands
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Winged Monkeyflower, Sharpwing Monkeyflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mimulus alatus FAMILY: Phrymaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimulus alatus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mimulus alatus 166-11-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, bottomlands, ditches
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Moth Mullein
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum blattaria FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum blattaria FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum blattaria 166-12-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum virgatum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum virgatum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum virgatum 166-12-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy disturbed areas, roadsides
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein, Flannel-plant, Velvet-plant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Verbascum thapsus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum thapsus 166-12-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, sometimes weedy on rock outcrops
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Clasping Mullein, Orange Mullein
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum phlomoides FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum phlomoides FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum phlomoides 166-12-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills (if left unburned)
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Cuthbert’s Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone cuthbertii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone cuthbertii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone cuthbertii 166-13-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere (historically in SC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Turtlehead, Pink Turtlehead, Appalachian Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone lyonii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone lyonii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone lyonii 166-13-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, spruce-fir forests, balds, streambanks
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone obliqua + FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone obliqua + FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone obliqua 166-13-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Look for it in streambanks, swamp forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Turtlehead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone glabra FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone glabra FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone glabra 166-13-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Streambanks, seeps, swamp forests
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small's Beardtongue, Blue Ridge Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon smallii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon smallii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon smallii 166-14-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, cliffs, glades, roadbanks
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Beardtongue, Gray's Beardtongue, Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon canescens FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Penstemon canescens FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon canescens 166-14-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, glades, forest edges, rocky woodlands, roadsides
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pale Beardtongue, Eastern White Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon pallidus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon pallidus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon pallidus 166-14-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Limestone and shale barrens, other dry, disturbed areas
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Downy Beardtongue, Sandhill Beardtongue, Southern Beardtongue, Southeastern Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon australis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon australis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon australis 166-14-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, dry hammocks, dry sandy roadsides, woodland margins
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Smooth Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon digitalis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon digitalis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon digitalis 166-14-005 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Alluvial forests, moist fields, disturbed areas, ditches
Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native (the original distribution is somewhat uncertain)
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Common Name:
Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Beardtongue, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon laevigatus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon laevigatus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon laevigatus 166-14-006 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Low meadows, bottomlands, forest edges, hammocks
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Longsepal Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Limestone ledges, other woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Beardtongue, Grit Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Altamaha Grit outcrops, sandhills
Rare (endemic to Altamaha Grit outcrops and other sandy areas in south Georgia)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Northeastern Beardtongue, Hairy Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and fields
Waif(s)
Native north of the Carolinas
Common Name: Manyflower Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Figwort, Carpenter's Square, Late Figwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scrophularia marilandica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scrophularia marilandica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scrophularia marilandica 166-15-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry, nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks
Uncommon in Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hare Figwort, American Figwort, Lancelaf Figwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scrophularia lanceolata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scrophularia lanceolata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Mesic to dry upland forests, shale barrens, clearings
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Oldfield Toadflax, Common Toadflax, Canada Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria canadensis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuttallanthus canadensis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria canadensis 166-16-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of natural and disturbed habitats, especially common and weedy in disturbed sites such as roadsides and fields, also common and apparently native in thin soil of rock outcrops
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Texas Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria texana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuttallanthus texanus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria canadensis 166-16-001? FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Granite flatrocks, grassy pinelands, dry sandy soils, disturbed soils of roadsides and fields
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in GA & SC
Native to south central US, not clear how far east original range extended (GA?)
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Common Name:
Butter-and-eggs, Yellow Toadflax, Wild-snapdragon
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria vulgaris FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria vulgaris FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Linaria vulgaris 166-16-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Dalmation Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Roadsides and other disturbed areas
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe & western Asia
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Common Name:
Purple Toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Linaria purpurea FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Linaria purpurea FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Waif(s)
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name:
Culver's-root, Culver's-physic
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronicastrum virginicum FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronicastrum virginicum FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronicastrum virginicum 166-19-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Streambanks, bogs, wet meadows, moist prairies, dryish soils in areas with prairie affinities, woodlands on high pH soils
Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont, rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Thymeleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica serpyllifolia 166-20-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Meadows, lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica peregrina var. peregrina FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica peregrina 166-20-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Corn Speedwell, Wall Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica arvensis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica arvensis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica arvensis 166-20-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Ivyleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica hederifolia FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica hederifolia FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica hederaefolia 166-20-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Lawns, fields, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bird's-eye Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica persica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica persica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica persica 166-20-005 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Water Speedwell, Brook Pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica anagallis-aquatica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Veronica anagallis-aquatica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica anagallis-aquatica 166-20-008 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, streamsides, ditches
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina? or possibly introduced
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Common Name: American Speedwell, Brooklime
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica americana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica americana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica americana 166-20-009 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, streamsides
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
)
)
Common Name:
Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica officinalis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Veronica officinalis var. officinalis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica officinalis 166-20-010 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Fields and forests; often interpreted as being of mixed native and alien background in North America
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native & non-native?
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Common Name: Germander Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica chamaedrys ssp. chamaedrys FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Veronica chamaedrys FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Veronica chamaedrys 166-20-011 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, golf courses, lawns, rarely naturalized in forests
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
)
Common Name: Marsh Speedwell, Narrowleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica scutellata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica scutellata FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamps
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Garden Speedwell, Longleaf Speedwell
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica longifolia FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Pseudolysimachion longifolium FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: European Speedwell, European Brooklime
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Veronica beccabunga FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Veronica beccabunga FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Wet places
Non-native: Europe
)
Common Name:
American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts, Buchnera
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Buchnera americana FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Buchnera americana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Buchnera americana 166-21-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Dry (seasonally moist) rocky, gravelly, or clayey soil of limestone glades, glades over mafic rock (such as diabase, gabbro, etc.), sand prairies, wet meadows, sandy roadsides
Rare (historically in NC Piedmont, but not recently seen)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
)
)
Common Name:
Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Buchnera floridana FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Buchnera americana FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Buchnera floridana 166-21-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, flatwoods, seepage bogs, sandy roadsides
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Asiatic Witchweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Striga asiatica FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Striga asiatica FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Striga lutea 166-22-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Cultivated fields, parasitic on the roots of corn and other grasses
Rare
Non-native: Old World
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Common Name:
Senna Seymeria, Yaupon Black-senna
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Seymeria cassioides FAMILY: Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Seymeria cassioides FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Seymeria cassioides 166-23-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Dry to moist pinelands, wet pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, an obligate hemiparasite on Pinus spp
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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