A page for wildflower and hiking enthusiast. A lot of my pictures, both wildflowers and scenery, come from the beautiful Tennessee State Parks. I use the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for my description of native plants. All non-native plants will use someone else for the description.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana)
Annual with branched and spreading stems, 8-32" long, hairy along the stem. Leaves opposite, thin, narrowly elliptic, 1-2" long with linear stipules to 0.2" long. Flowers are trumpet-shaped, white and 0.4" wide, 4 narrow spreading lobes, narrow tube about 0.4" long, calyx has 2 linear sepals, style has 2 thread-like stigmas, flowers usually solitary from the leaf axils. Bloom time June-August found on wet ground ditches, and shorelines. This plant can become a troublesome weed as it forms dense mats on low, damp grounds.
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