Bartonia virginica

Classification	Dicots
Family	Gentianaceae
Family (Traditional)	Gentianaceae
Genus	Bartonia
Species:	Bartonia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Common Name	Yellow Screwstem
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Arrangement: subopposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: scale-like; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 4; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value	7
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S2] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Centaurella moseri	Centaurella moseri

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), Clinton (KY), Harlan (KY), Laurel (KY), McCreary (KY), Blount (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Johnson (TN), Lewis (TN), Marion (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, MEM, TENN, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1977 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100475928	Marion	Tennessee	06 Jul 1987	Ronald L. Jones 5066	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100475902	Cumberland	Tennessee	13 Aug 1977	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100475894	Coffee	Tennessee	05 Nov 2009	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100475878	McCreary	Kentucky		Ronald L. Jones	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100733292	Harlan	Kentucky		Landon E. Mckinney	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100475910	Franklin	Tennessee	03 Aug 2001	Dwayne Estes 2736	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100475936	Putnam	Tennessee	29 Jul 1987	Ronald L. Jones 5156	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100475860	Clinton	Kentucky		Gary W. Libby	EKY Bartonia virginica
31234100475886	Laurel	Kentucky		Randy L. Mears	EKY Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175916	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175930	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175915	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175907	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175932	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175906		Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175923	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175940	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175926	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175938	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175910	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175918	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175922	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175934	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175937	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175941	White	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175935	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175928	Moore	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175913	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175929	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175921	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175924	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
APSC0112378	Warren	Tennessee			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0013029	Fentress	Tennessee			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0083896	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0082653	Calloway	Kentucky			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0013025	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0116814	Warren	Tennessee			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0098150	Cannon	Tennessee			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0107094	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Bartonia virginica
APSC0099460	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Bartonia virginica
UOS03165	Franklin	Tennessee	16 Jul 2005	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Bartonia virginica
N/A	Coffee	Tennessee	18 Jul 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Bartonia virginica
UOS03164	Coffee	Tennessee	18 Jul 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Bartonia virginica
UOS03163	Franklin	Tennessee	17 Jun 2003	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Bartonia virginica
UOS03166	Franklin	Tennessee	13 Sep 2004	Jon Evans	UOS Bartonia virginica
UOS03162	Franklin	Tennessee	30 Nov 2004	Brett Scheffers	UOS Bartonia virginica
ETSU032654	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Bartonia virginica
MEM005965	Calloway	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	MEM Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175919	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175909	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175888	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175933	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175914	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175925	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175936	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175917	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175939	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175920	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175927	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175931	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica
TENN-V-0175908	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Bartonia virginica

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Bartonia virginica

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