Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Plantaginaceae

Bacopa - [maps | photos]

• Bacopa caroliniana (Walter) B. L. Rob. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: blue water hyssop

• Bacopa rotundifolia (Michx.) Wettst.
  Common Name: disk water hyssop

Callitriche - [maps | photos]

• Callitriche heterophylla Pursh
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: twoheaded water-starwort

• Callitriche terrestris Raf.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: terrestrial water-starwort

Chaenorhinum - [maps | photos]

• Chaenorhinum minus * (L.) Lange
  Common Name: dwarf snapdragon

Chelone - [maps | photos]

• Chelone glabra L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: white turtlehead

• Chelone lyonii Pursh
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: pink turtlehead

• Chelone obliqua L. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: red turtlehead

Collinsia - [maps | photos]

• Collinsia verna Nutt. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: spring blue eyed Mary

Cymbalaria - [maps | photos]

• Cymbalaria muralis * P.Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
  Common Name: Kenilworth ivy
  Synonyms:
  

         • Linaria cymbalaria (L.) P. Mill.

Gratiola - [maps | photos]

• Gratiola brevifolia Raf. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: sticky hedge hyssop

• Gratiola floridana Nutt. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Florida hedge hyssop

• Gratiola neglecta Torr.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: clammy hedge hyssop

• Gratiola quartermaniae D. Estes
  Common Name: limestone hedge hyssop

• Gratiola virginiana L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: roundfruit hedge hyssop

• Gratiola viscidula Pennell (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Short's hedge hyssop

Kickxia - [maps | photos]

• Kickxia elatine * (L.) Dumort.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: sharpleaf cancerwort

Leucospora - [maps | photos]

• Leucospora multifida (Michx.) Nutt.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: narrowleaf paleseed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Conobea multifida (Michx.) Benth.

Linaria - [maps | photos]

• Linaria vulgaris * Mill.
  Common Name: butter and eggs

Mecardonia - [maps | photos]

• Mecardonia acuminata (Walt.) Small
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: axilflower

Nuttallanthus - [maps | photos]

• Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D.A. Sutton
  Common Name: Canada toadflax
  Synonyms:
  

         • Linaria canadensis (L.) Chaz.

• Nuttallanthus texanus (Scheele) D.A.Sutton
  Common Name: Texas toadflax

Penstemon - [maps | photos]

• Penstemon alluviorum Pennell
  Common Name: lowland beardtongue

• Penstemon brevisepalus Pennell
  Common Name: pale beardtongue

• Penstemon calycosus Small
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: longsepal beard tongue

• Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton
  Common Name: eastern gray beard tongue

• Penstemon digitalis Nutt. ex Sims
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: talus slope penstemon

• Penstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.
  Common Name: hairy beard tongue

• Penstemon kralii D. Estes (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Kral's beardtongue

• Penstemon laevigatus (L.) Aiton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: eastern smooth beard tongue

• Penstemon pallidus Small
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: pale beard tongue
  Synonyms:
  

         • Penstemon brevisepalus Pennell

• Penstemon smallii A. Heller
  Common Name: Small's beard tongue

• Penstemon tenuiflorus Pennell
  Common Name: eastern whiteflower beard tongue

• Penstemon tubiflorus Nutt. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: white wand beard tongue

Plantago - [maps | photos]

• Plantago aristata Michx.
  Common Name: largebracted plantain

• Plantago cordata Lam. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: heartleaf plantain

• Plantago heterophylla Nutt.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: slender plantain

• Plantago lanceolata * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: narrowleaf plantain

• Plantago major L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: common plantain

• Plantago patagonica * Jacq.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: woolly plantain

• Plantago pusilla Nutt.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: dwarf plantain

• Plantago rugelii Decne.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: blackseed plantain

• Plantago virginica L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: Virginia plantain

• Plantago wrightiana * Decne.
  Common Name: Wright's plantain

Sophronanthe - [maps | photos]

• Sophronanthe pilosa (Michx.) Small
  Common Name: shaggy hedge hyssop
  Synonyms:
  

         • Gratiola pilosa Michx.

Veronica - [maps | photos]

• Veronica agrestis * L.
  Common Name: green field speedwell

• Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: American speedwell

• Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: water speedwell

• Veronica arvensis * L.
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: corn speedwell

• Veronica catenata Pennell (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: speedwell

• Veronica hederifolia * L.
  Common Name: ivyleaf speedwell

• Veronica officinalis * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: common gypsyweed

• Veronica peregrina L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: neckweed

• Veronica persica * Poir.
  Common Name: birdeye speedwell

• Veronica polita * Fries
  Common Name: gray field speedwell

• Veronica scutellata L. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: skullcap speedwell

• Veronica serpyllifolia * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: thymeleaf speedwell

Veronicastrum - [maps | photos]

• Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Culver's root

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.