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Veronicastrum virginicum

 

     Culver's Root; Candelabra Plant

Scrophulariaceae

 

 

 

 

 

Fruits.

  Fruit Type:  Capsule

  Fruiting Period:  Oct

  Flowering Period:  Jun - Sep

      

 

 

Seeds.

  Color:  Brown

  Size:  0.5 x 1 mm

  Shape:  Ovoid

  Surface Features:  Granular

  Scarification:  Not required

  Stratification:  Not required

  *Best started outdoors in fall; sprinkle seeds on soil surface as light is required for germination

 

 
Seedlings.

  Cotyledons:  Round with entire margins

  Leaf arrangement:  Opposite

  Leaves:  Simple, oval, winged petiole, serrated margin, hairs, indented leaf veins