Veronicastrum virginicum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Family (Traditional)Scrophulariaceae
GenusVeronicastrum
Species:Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
Common NameCulvers Root
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Crittenden (KY), Fleming (KY), Graves (KY), Greenup (KY), Hardin (KY), Hickman (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Marshall (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Oldham (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Campbell (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cumberland (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Henderson (TN), Lawrence (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1938 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0196898 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196873 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196890 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196886 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0110409 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0055392 Cumberland Tennessee 15 Sep 2013 Devin Rodgers and Mason Brock
81
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
ETSU008616 Campbell Tennessee
ETSU
Veronicastrum virginicum
MEM013437 Lyon Kentucky 14 Aug 1977 Raymond Athey
3789
MEM
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196900 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196881 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196885 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196907 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196882 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196904 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196877 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196897 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196875 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196899 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0110410 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
UCHT026311 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Veronicastrum virginicum
31234100672664 Rockcastle Kentucky 02 Aug 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3166
EKY
Veronicastrum virginicum
31973000019472 Fleming Kentucky
KNK
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196892 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196906 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196895 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196879 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196889 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0087946 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
31234100672698 Cumberland Tennessee 27 Jul 1977 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Veronicastrum virginicum
31973000019470 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Veronicastrum virginicum
31973000019469 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Veronicastrum virginicum
31973000019471 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196887 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196876 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196880 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0118684 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0113446 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0001891 Lyon Kentucky 20 Aug 1966 Eugene Wofford
2519
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0087944 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0110412 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
BEREA018441 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Veronicastrum virginicum
BEREA018442 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196908 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196884 Cumberland Tennessee 16 Jul 1938 Jesse M. Shaver
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196901 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196872 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0241127 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196894 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0087945 Calloway Kentucky 28 Aug 1972 Raymond Athey
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0078325 White Tennessee 15 Aug 2012 Mason Brock with Justin Beaty and Dwayne Estes
165
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
UOS04894 Franklin Tennessee 12 Jul 1963 Ross C. Clark
UOS
Veronicastrum virginicum
31973000019468 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196902 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196896 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196874 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0110408 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0115631 Knox Kentucky
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
HTTU011695 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Veronicastrum virginicum
MEM014769 Livingston Kentucky 14 Sep 1978 Raymond Athey
4250
MEM
Veronicastrum virginicum
MEM008642 Hickman Kentucky 05 Jul 1974 Raymond Athey
2838
MEM
Veronicastrum virginicum
31234100863131 Menifee Kentucky 26 Jul 1979 Dell Sasser
88
EKY
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196878 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
MEM006305 McCracken Kentucky 12 Jul 1972 Raymond Athey
1927
MEM
Veronicastrum virginicum
MEM007629 Marshall Kentucky 11 Aug 1973 Raymond Athey
2479
MEM
Veronicastrum virginicum
BEREA018440 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196905 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196891 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196893 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196903 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
TENN-V-0196883 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronicastrum virginicum
APSC0110944 Laurel Kentucky 14 Oct 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Veronicastrum virginicum
MEM005109 Graves Kentucky 25 Jun 1968 Raymond Athey
283
MEM
Veronicastrum virginicum
MEM012724 Todd Kentucky 17 Jul 1977 Raymond Athey
3770
MEM
Veronicastrum virginicum
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Veronicastrum virginicum - Dwayne Estes
Veronicastrum virginicum - Dwayne Estes
Veronicastrum virginicum - Tara Littlefield
Veronicastrum virginicum - Tara Littlefield
Veronicastrum virginicum - Tara Littlefield
Veronicastrum virginicum - Tara Littlefield
Veronicastrum virginicum - Tara Littlefield
Veronicastrum virginicum - Tara Littlefield
Veronicastrum virginicum - Theo Witsell
Veronicastrum virginicum - Theo Witsell
Veronicastrum virginicum - Theo Witsell
Veronicastrum virginicum - Theo Witsell