Virginia Pennywort in Calvert Co., Maryland (4/16/2010).
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Virginia Pennywort blooming in Harford Co., Maryland (4/26/2018).
Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/26/2015).
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Calvert Co., Maryland (3/30/2016).
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Carroll Co., Maryland (5/19/2014).
Virginia Pennywort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2020).
Virginia Pennywort in Howard Co., Maryland (4/29/2014).
Virginia Pennywort in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/22/2009).
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (3/28/2016).
Virginia Pennywort in Howard Co., Maryland (2/25/2017).
Virginia Pennywort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/30/2016).
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/3/2017).
Virginia Pennywort in Howard Co., Maryland (6/6/2017). Collected and processed by Helen Lowe Metzman.
Virginia Pennywort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/18/2019). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/21/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/4/2020). (c) Laura Hatmaker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2011). (c) Mike Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA).
Virginia Pennywort in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/31/2020). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Virginia Pennywort in Harford Co., Maryland (3/30/2020). (c) Dwight Johnson, all rights reserved.
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Status
Virginia Pennywort grows in nutrient-rich, moist to dry forests, often in base-rich soils (Weakley, et al., 2012).
Description
This small, purplish-green perennial is a spring ephemeral and is often nearly hidden under fallen leaves. It blooms from March to June (Weakley, 2020).
Relationships
Virginia Pennywort has well developed mycorrhizae and obtains much of its nutrition through these fungal partnerships (Weakley, 2020).
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Virginia Pennywort in Calvert Co., Maryland (4/16/2010).
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Kerry Wixted.
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Harford Co., Maryland (4/26/2018).
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Josh Emm.
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/4/1981).
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Jim Stasz.
Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/26/2015).
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Mike Ostrowski.
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Calvert Co., Maryland (3/30/2016).
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Karyn Molines.
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Carroll Co., Maryland (5/19/2014).
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Jim Wilkinson.
Virginia Pennywort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2020).
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Martha Johnston.
Virginia Pennywort in Howard Co., Maryland (4/29/2014).
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Nancy Magnusson.
Virginia Pennywort in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/22/2009).
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R. Child.
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (3/28/2016).
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Nancy Magnusson.
Virginia Pennywort in Howard Co., Maryland (2/25/2017).
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John Hall.
Virginia Pennywort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/30/2016).
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Rose Anderson.
Virginia Pennywort blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/3/2017).
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Bill Hubick.
Virginia Pennywort in Howard Co., Maryland (6/6/2017). Collected and processed by Helen Lowe Metzman.
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Virginia Pennywort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/18/2019). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/21/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/4/2020). (c) Laura Hatmaker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Virginia Pennywort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2011). (c) Mike Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA).
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Virginia Pennywort in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/31/2020). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Virginia Pennywort in Harford Co., Maryland (3/30/2020). (c) Dwight Johnson, all rights reserved.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Obolaria | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Tribe: | Gentianeae |
| Subtribe: | Swertiinae |
| Genus: | Obolaria L. |
| Species: | O. virginica
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| Binomial name | |
| Obolaria virginica L.
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Obolaria is a genus of flowering plant in the gentian family Gentianaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Obolaria virginica, commonly known as Virginia pennywort.[1]
It is native to the eastern United States,[2] where it is found in nutrient-rich forests. It is believed to be mycoheterotrophic, getting much of its nutrients though a symbiotic relationship with fungi, instead of through its small purplish-green leaves.[3][4]
It is a perennial that produces white flowers in the spring. It is often difficult to locate due to its small stature, and tendency to be buried under leaf litter.[3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Obolaria virginica". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Obolaria virginica". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
- ^ Cameron, Duncan; Bolin, Jay (2010). "Isotopic evidence of partial mycoheterotrophy in the Gentianaceae: Bartonia virginica and Obolaria virginica as case studies". American Journal of Botany. 97 (8): 1272–1277. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900292. PMID 21616879.
- ^ Missouri Plants
