Bartonia paniculata
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Bartonia paniculata (Michx.) Muhl. |
| Common name: | twining screwstem |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Growth type: | vine; forb/herb |
| Duration: | annual, biennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1.5" - 18"' |
| Foliage: | erect or not, often spiraling; leaves scale-like, mostly alternate |
| Flower: | whitish, on panicles, 4 petals |
| Flowering time: | late August to mid-September |
| Habitat: | swamps and bogs |
| Range in New Jersey: | frequent in the Pine Barrens, Cape May and Coast District, rare and local in the Middle district |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Stone, in 1910, says "These curious little plants, practically
devoid of leaves, are more common than generally supposed, but
frequently escape attention, buried as they are among the taller
vegetation. They are named in honor of Prof. Benjamin Smith Barton
(1766-1815), professor of botany in the University of Pennsylvania and
author of a general work on botany and the interesting "Fragments of
Natural History" in which the blooming of plants, arrival of birds,
etc., are arranged in chronological tables." (642) |