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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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This species is quite different from other Agalinis species in NC, owing to noticeably larger flowers and a somewhat different flower color. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Agalinis linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-001:
Agalinis linifolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis linifolia
COMMON NAME:
Flaxleaf Gerardia, Scaleleaf Agalinis, Flaxleaf False Foxglove, Flaxleaf Agalinis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agli2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_agalinis_linifolia3
September Onslow County NC
Flowers in racemes, 1-2 per node. Corolla tube lacks yellow lines, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_agalinis_linifolia4
September Onslow County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_agalinis_linifolia4b
September Onslow County NC
Leaves linear, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-001:
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis linifolia
2988
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal Plain depression ponds, cypress savannas, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes slender
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-lavender
(rarely white) (throat not lined with yellow)
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-parted corolla with broad campanulate tube
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/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) p318
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p406
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p321
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p269
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