Culver's Root
Scientific Name:Veronicastrum virginicum


NOTES: 3-7 whorled leaves scattered along a round, smooth central stem. White flowers rapidly turn brown.

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Culver's Root
Genus species: Veronicastrum virginicum
Common Name: Culver's Root
Family Name: Plantaginaceae   
Annual, biennial, or perennial herbs; leaves basal, simple, parallel-veined; flowers bisexual, regular, in spikes or heads; fruit a circumscissile capsule.
    Alternate Family Name (Synonym): Scrophulariaceae  
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Polinator Garden
Identified by:M. Becus
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