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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria levigata   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria laevigata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-004:

Aureolaria laevigata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Gerardia laevigata

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aureolaria laevigata

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gela3_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm080802_064

August    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Inflorescence, pedicels and calyx glabrous; flowering Aug-Sep, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Aureolaria levigata, Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm120830_187

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

The stem is smooth and green; it is not glaucous, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Aureolaria levigata, Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm120830_187c

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 5-10cm long, 1-2.4cm wide, entire (or rarely lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aureolaria levigata, Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm130922_483

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Aureolaria levigata, Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm130922_483b

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Pedicels straight, stout (about 1 mm in diameter), 1-8mm long at anthesis, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Aureolaria levigata, Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm130922_487

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Lower leaves entire to serrate (or a few shallow lobes at the leaf base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Aureolaria levigata, Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_090821hiawassee07

September    Towns County    GA

Hamilton Gardens

image of Aureolaria levigata, Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm121027_853

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Calyx lobes usually shorter than tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria levigata   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria laevigata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-004:
Aureolaria laevigata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia laevigata

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria laevigata

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Oak forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite or subopposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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