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



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    jkm160531_030

May    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Aureolaria virginica, Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove

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).

image of Aureolaria virginica, Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove

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    jkm0507m_25

July    Oconee County    SC

Roadside

Flowering May-July (vs. Aug-Sept for A. patula, laevigata, flava), per Weakley's Flora.


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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    jkm120727_935

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Inflorescence, pedicels, and/or calyx pubescent with nonglandular hairs, per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm120728_038

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

image of Aureolaria virginica, Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove

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).

image of Aureolaria virginica, Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm120728_044

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

image of Aureolaria virginica, Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm120728_045

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

image of Aureolaria virginica, Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8795

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Aureolaria virginica, Downy False Foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach, Downy Yellow False Foxglove

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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183

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Oak forests and woodlands, hemiparasitic on Quercus subgenus Quercus, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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

 

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