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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read more about Bluntleaf False Foxglove at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis obtusifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Agalinis obtusifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis obtusifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-009:
Agalinis obtusifolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia obtusifolia
COMMON NAME:
Bluntleaf Gerardia, Bluntleaf Agalinis, Bluntleaf False Foxglove, Tenlobe False Foxglove
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpa16_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis obtusifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis obtusifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis obtusifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-009:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia obtusifolia
3141
Forb
Annual
Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seeps, bogs, Black Belt prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale rose-lavender
(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:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p100
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p269
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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