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Screwstems
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Screwstems

Bartonia

Bartonia is a genus of the gentian family, tribe Gentianeae, subtribe Swertiinae. Members of this genus are called screwstems. Bartonia was also the name of a genus in the Loasaceae family, but all of those "Bartonia" species are now generally classified under the genus Mentzelia.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

yellow screwstem

speciesBartonia virginica

Twining Screwstem

speciesBartonia paniculata

White Screwstem

speciesBartonia verna

Texas screwstem

speciesBartonia texana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62412.