Circaea canadensis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyOnagraceae
Family (Traditional)Onagraceae
GenusCircaea
Species:Circaea canadensis (L.) Hill
Common NameEnchanters Nightshade; Broad Leaf Enchanters Nightshade
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Petal Number: 2; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value 3
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL)
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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

SynonymFull Citation
Circaea canadensis subsp. canadensis Circaea canadensis subsp. canadensis (L.) Hill
Circaea canadensis var. virginiana Circaea canadensis var. virginiana Fernald
Circaea lutetiana subsp. canadensis Circaea lutetiana subsp. canadensis (L.) Asch. & Magnus
Circaea lutetiana var. canadensis Circaea lutetiana var. canadensis L.
Circaea quadrisulcata subsp. canadensis Circaea quadrisulcata subsp. canadensis (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve
Circaea quadrisulcata var. canadensis Circaea quadrisulcata var. canadensis (L.) H. Hara

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: Anderson (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Breathitt (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Clay (KY), Clinton (KY), Edmonson (KY), Elliott (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Garrard (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Hickman (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Knox (KY), Larue (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Marshall (KY), Menifee (KY), Mercer (KY), Montgomery (KY), Nelson (KY), Oldham (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Cumberland (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Johnson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Williamson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100553310 Todd Kentucky 11 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4087
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553187 Madison Kentucky 20 Jun 1975 J. Stuart Lassetter
2407
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552940 Fulton Kentucky 11 Jul 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne
5895
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552858 Clark Kentucky 29 Jun 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
578
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553302 Rockcastle Kentucky 27 Jun 1976 Richard H. Hannan
10
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552999 Harlan Kentucky 26 Jun 2005 Amy V. McIntosh
1051
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100854387 Menifee Kentucky 21 Jun 1987 A. Rentas
100
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553252 Nelson Kentucky 17 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7150
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552775 Bath Kentucky 26 Jun 1984 Julian Campbell
411
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553385 Bledsoe Tennessee 03 Jul 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5007
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31973000016584 Rowan Kentucky
KNK
Circaea canadensis
TENN-V-0158551 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Circaea canadensis
TENN-V-0158446 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Circaea canadensis
APSC0070296 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
31234100553153 Marion Kentucky 22 Jun 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
5818
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553179 Madison Kentucky 23 Jun 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2968
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552932 Franklin Kentucky 24 Jun 1979 Steven Rice
FR-40
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552882 Estill Kentucky 24 Jun 1987 Richard G. Guetig
325
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553393 Hardin Tennessee 03 Jun 1980 Ronald L. Jones
2570
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552965 Garrard Kentucky 25 Jun 1983 Donna A. Godbey
305
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552908 Fleming Kentucky 02 Jul 1999 Kim Feeman
560
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553088 Laurel Kentucky 07 Jul 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-468
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553237 Mercer Kentucky 04 Jul 1956 Mary E. Wharton
10198
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552783 Anderson Kentucky 22 Jun 1978 William S . Bryant
397
EKY
Circaea canadensis
APSC0084527 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108589 Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009115 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108796 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 Ross C. Clark
22700
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553195 Madison Kentucky 10 Jul 1993 D. Collinsworth
71
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553146 Marion Kentucky 23 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7294
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553112 Letcher Kentucky 15 Jun 1978 Jeffery D. Sole
204
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552890 Estill Kentucky 10 Jun 1987 Richard G. Guetig
192
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553062 Larue Kentucky 21 Jun 1993 Landon E. McKinney
5753
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552833 Carter Kentucky 01 Jul 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10613.5
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553211 McCreary Kentucky 22 Jun 1990 Ronald L. Jones
6415
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553229 Menifee Kentucky 01 Jul 1989 Carol Hanley
314
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552825 Breckinridge Kentucky 15 Jul 2003 Ronald L. Jones
9443
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552866 Clinton Kentucky 03 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-322
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100718350 Clinton Kentucky 10 Jun 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-170
EKY
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113809 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009125 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
31234100553336 Woodford Kentucky 19 Jun 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2898
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553096 Laurel Kentucky 04 Jul 1989 Ralph L. Thompson
89-1430
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553039 Jefferson Kentucky 30 Jun 2005 Patricia D. Haragan
2592
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553260 Pike Kentucky 22 Jul 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8964
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552924 Franklin Kentucky 22 Jun 1957 Mary E. Wharton
10938
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553021 Jackson Kentucky 01 Aug 1991 Joe Abner
89-191
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553138 Letcher Kentucky 06 Jul 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
290
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553161 Madison Kentucky 21 Jun 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-468
EKY
Circaea canadensis
APSC0041238 Logan Kentucky 10 Jun 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108244 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113812 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009114 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009105 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009099 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
31234100553013 Hickman Kentucky 12 Jun 1979 Raymond Athey
4332
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552973 Garrard Kentucky 20 Jun 1956 Mary E. Wharton
10099
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553120 Letcher Kentucky 23 Jun 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
243
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553278 Pike Kentucky 24 Jun 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10416.5
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552916 Franklin Kentucky 28 Jun 1978 Hal Bryan
FR-190
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553047 Jessamine Kentucky 22 May 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11048
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552809 Bell Kentucky 11 Jun 1988 Barbara L. Rafaill
891
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552817 Breathitt Kentucky 26 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2593
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100718368 Estill Kentucky 10 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6961
EKY
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108597 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113819 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113815 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113820 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113813 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
N/A Letcher Kentucky 15 Jun 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
204
EKY
Circaea canadensis
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 R.C. Clark
22700
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552791 Bell Kentucky 04 Jul 2005 Amy V. McIntosh
1107
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553245 Montgomery Kentucky 27 Jun 1984 Julian Campbell
453
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553328 Wolfe Kentucky 20 Jun 1998 Kim Feeman
299
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553401 Shelby Tennessee 21 Jun 1975 Elizabeth M. Browne
75E2.1
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553286 Powell Kentucky 11 Jun 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
5077
EKY
Circaea canadensis
APSC0099800 Montgomery Tennessee 12 Jun 2018 Edward Chester
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113814 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0045034 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108592 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009122 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0076301 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108596 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009117 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0079660 Elliott Kentucky 13 Jul 1989
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0109538 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108591 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0079042 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
ETSU034973 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Circaea canadensis
ETSU025541 Johnson Tennessee 25 Jul 2013 Foster Levy / Adam McCullough
DOEM 0169
ETSU
Circaea canadensis
APSC0052606 Lawrence Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0073415 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113811 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009104 Trigg Kentucky 17 Jun 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009101 Trigg Kentucky 15 Jun 1965 William H. Ellis
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108594 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009120 Christian Kentucky 11 Jun 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009112 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 01 Jun 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108598 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009123 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
ETSU034974 Carter Tennessee 14 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Circaea canadensis
31234100553070 Laurel Kentucky 16 Jun 1990 Ronald L. Jones
6375
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553203 McCreary Kentucky 19 Jul 1994 Gary W. Libby
469
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552981 Grayson Kentucky 08 Jul 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
7541
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553054 Knox Kentucky Deborah White
194
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553104 Letcher Kentucky 21 Jul 1982 Ronald L. Jones
3841
EKY
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009118 Todd Kentucky 26 Aug 1968 Edward Chester
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009113 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108798 Letcher Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009124 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009100 Trigg Kentucky 04 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
APSC
Circaea canadensis
ETSU026225 Hawkins Tennessee 01 Jun 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19389
ETSU
Circaea canadensis
APSC0118577 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0086793 Clay Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009111 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108588 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113810 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108587 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0078959 Pulaski Kentucky 14 Jul 1978
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108586 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108590 Clark Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009109 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0115314 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108595 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0091693 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113821 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009116 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108600 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108799 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0108593 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009108 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
31234100552841 Christian Kentucky 05 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3931
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100858669 Wolfe Kentucky 14 Jul 1972 Jerry Buskin
s.n.
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552874 Elliott Kentucky 05 Aug 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100552957 Garrard Kentucky 05 Jul 1983 Donna A. Godbey
353
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553005 Harlan Kentucky 23 Aug 1996 R. L. Jones
7964
EKY
Circaea canadensis
31234100553294 Robertson Kentucky 20 Jun 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7338
EKY
Circaea canadensis
APSC0111085 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009103 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0051624 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0009110 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113816 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0044983 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Circaea canadensis
APSC0113817 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Circaea canadensis
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Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Circaea canadensis - Joey Shaw
Circaea canadensis - Joey Shaw
Circaea canadensis - Joey Shaw
Circaea canadensis - Joey Shaw
Circaea canadensis - Milo Pyne
Circaea canadensis - Milo Pyne
Circaea canadensis - Milo Pyne
Circaea canadensis - Milo Pyne
Circaea canadensis - Milo Pyne
Circaea canadensis - Milo Pyne
Circaea canadensis - Tara Littlefield
Circaea canadensis - Tara Littlefield
Circaea canadensis - Tara Littlefield
Circaea canadensis - Tara Littlefield
Circaea canadensis - Tara Littlefield
Circaea canadensis - Tara Littlefield
Circaea canadensis - Theo Witsell
Circaea canadensis - Theo Witsell