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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read more about Southern Oak-leach at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Aureolaria pectinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-002:
Aureolaria pectinata FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aureolaria pedicularia var. pectinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia pectinata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria pectinata +
COMMON NAME:
Southern Oak-leach, Sticky False Foxglove, Combleaf Yellow False Foxglove
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JK Marlow jkm080713_081
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Related to A. pedicularia, but much more southerly in distribution, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_082
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Similar to A. pedicularis: Calyx lobes are usually foliose, longer than tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Tim Spira tps_apectinata
July
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JK Marlow jkm0408e_31
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
Pinnately incised, fernlike foliage & sticky glandular hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0408e_32
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0408f_08
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
A much-branched, glandular-hairy annual to 36" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0408f_17
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm220806_9456
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
Trichomes of the leaves usually glandular, at least in part; leaf lobes usually acute, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm220806_9469
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220806_9487
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220806_9495
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
Calyx tube hemispherical, glandular-hirsute to glandular-lanate on the outer surface, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm220806_9496
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220806_9498
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aureolaria_pectinata
August
Plant pubescent (esp on calyx, corolla, capsule, lower stem) w glandular hairs, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
False-foxglove species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Aureolaria pectinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-002:
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aureolaria pedicularia var. pectinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia pectinata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria pectinata +
2563
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak sandhills, Florida scrub, other dry oak forests and woodlands, barrens; a hemiparasite on Quercus section Lobatae (the red or black oaks), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite or subopposite
FLOWER:
Spring/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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p199
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p235
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p303
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p233
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p156
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p092
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p271
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p236
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p281
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p153?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p110
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