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Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum

Chrysogonum virginianum L. var. virginianum

green-and-gold, northern green-and-gold, virginia green-and-gold

Synonym(s): Chrysogonum virginianum var. dentatum
Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum (Green-and-gold)
Image ID: 13601
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: CHVIV
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2017-07-18

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: CHRYS4
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Chrysogonum
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Chrysogonum
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 2 species and 3 taxa, perennial herbs, of se. North America.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Nesom in FNA (2006c); Nesom (2001b)=Z; Cronquist (1980)=SE. Key based on Nesom (2001b).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ASTERA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Asteraceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792
FAMILY COMMON: Aster Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Low-growing perennial of moist to fairly dry woodlands and forests.
STEMS: Stems branching, leafy, glandular and hairy.
LEAVES: Leaves opposite, petiolate, 1-4 in. long, rounded to oval or oblong, toothed or scalloped, hairy.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Composite flowers (heads) single or in pairs on erect stalks from leaf axils; heads 3/4-1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 5 yellow ray florets with 3-toothed tips encircling a yellow-green central disk of 25-50 tiny, tubular florets.
FRUITS:
COMMENTS: The mostly similar Var. brevistolon Is colonial, forming stolons that root and sprout new plants, and sends up taller flowering stalks; it is often found over limestone.
HEIGHT: 2-10 in.
DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb
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BLOOM TIME: Late Mar-early Jun
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BLOOM COLOR: Yellow
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HABITAT TYPE: Dry forests, Moist forests
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id Project Collection date Collector Action
293 HORT 2009-01-01 NCBG staff View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
288 2011-0148 2011-06-16 293 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
679 288 21 NCBG staff 2011-04-08 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: CHVIV
USDA Common Name: Green And Gold
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (DC, MD, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA, WV)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum
COMMON NAME: Northern Green-and-gold, Virginia Green-and-gold
SYNONYMY: [= C, FNA, K2, Pa, RAB, SE, Va, W, Z; = C. virginianum - S]
PHENOLOGY: Late Mar-early Jun.
HABITAT: Moist to fairly dry woodlands and forests.
COMMENTS: E. VA, sc. PA, and se. OH south to se. NC, nc. SC, nw. NC, and sw. VA.
RANGE MAP: Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum.png

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Asteraceae Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 (Aster Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Chrysogonum L. (Chrysogonum)
SUMMARY: A genus of 2 species and 3 taxa, perennial herbs, of se. North America.
REFERENCE: Nesom in FNA (2006c); Nesom (2001b)=Z; Cronquist (1980)=SE. Key based on Nesom (2001b).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 13601 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 13601 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 13603 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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