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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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In addition to a great number of leaves, this has numerous small leaves as fascicles in the leaf axils; other Agalainis species do not show axillary leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis fasciculata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis fasciculata var. fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Agalinis fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-005:
Agalinis fasciculata FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis fasciculata
COMMON NAME:
Fascicled Purple Gerardia, Southeastern Agalinis, Beach False Foxglove, Fascicled Gerardia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agfa2_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_8443748659_c5d7926f2e
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Pedicels shorter than the calyx, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
COMPARE
pedicels of Gerardia species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis fasciculata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis fasciculata var. fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-005:
Agalinis fasciculata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis fasciculata
2966
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine savannas, prairies, barrens, oak savannas, disturbed sandy areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont) (rare in NC Mtns & NC Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-lavender
(throat lined with yellow)
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-parted campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p008
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p320
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p091
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p269
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p235
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p279
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p304
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