OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis tenuifolia   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis tenuifolia var. tenuifolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-008:

Agalinis tenuifolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Gerardia, Slenderleaf Agalinis, Slender False Foxglove, Slender Gerardia


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis tenuifolia   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis tenuifolia var. tenuifolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-008:
Agalinis tenuifolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

 

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: Wooded slopes, savannas, granitic outcrops, roadsides, other dry habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolina Coastal Plain)

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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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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