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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis setacea
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Flowers are larger and more bright rose than in A. obtusifolia and A. decemloba, but they average smaller and more open-faced than the larger and more forward-facing flowers of A. purpurea (a more robust plant). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis setacea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Agalinis setacea
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Agalinis obtusifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-007:
Agalinis setacea FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis setacea
COMMON NAME:
Threadleaf Gerardia, Threadleaf Agalinis, Threadleaf False Foxglove, Sandhills Gerardia
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Will Stuart wil_2884241457_fdb201b9ff
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Corolla lobes all spreading, the throat lanose at base of upper corolla lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_2885076700_58c5e10908
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Pedicels usually 15-25mm long. Calyx tube truncate, lobes subulate, < 1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pedicels of Gerardia species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_agalinis_setacea_4
October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis setacea
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis setacea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis setacea
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Agalinis obtusifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-007:
Agalinis setacea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis setacea
2977
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, other dry woodlands and openings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon in SC Mtns) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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 indistinct terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p275
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p327
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p321
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p163
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p270
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p153
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p116
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