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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Downy False Foxglove from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Downy False Foxglove at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Aureolaria virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-003:
Aureolaria virginica FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia virginica
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria microcarpa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria virginica
COMMON NAME:
Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gevi10_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm250429_0099
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm160531_030
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0403
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Lower leaves lance-ovate, sometimes with lobes or teeth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0405
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Stem square, pubescent, rigid, brittle. Lower stem lvs petiolate, opposite, per Alabama Plant Atlas.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1575
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm120727_927
July Spartanburg County SC
Finely downy throughout, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120727_931
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120728_042
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Pedicels usually less than 3mm long at anthesis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120728_042b
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Calyx lobes lanceolate, 3-10mm long, equaling or much longer than tube, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120728_044
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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JK Marlow jkm120728_045
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8795
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1793
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1794
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Flowering May-July (vs. Aug-Sept for A. patula, laevigata, flava), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1800
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence, pedicels, and/or calyx pubescent with dingy, nonglandular hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm150822_861
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Flowers have a tubular corolla with flaring lobes, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm151108_660
November Oconee County SC
Plants turn blackish-brown in autumn, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm181104_5585b
November Oconee County SC
Capsule broadly ovoid, pubescent; pedicels often to 6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Aureolaria virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-003:
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia virginica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria microcarpa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria virginica
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Oak forests and woodlands, hemiparasitic on Quercus subgenus Quercus, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite or subopposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in upper and middle leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p256
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p057
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p234
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p092
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p227
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p271
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p237
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p280
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p152
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p138
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