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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria flava
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria flava var. flava
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-005:
Aureolaria flava
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia flava +
COMMON NAME:
Smooth False Foxglove, Eastern Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gefl2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1077
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1078
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Some books say the stem is glabrous [these were not, at least not in Spring].
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1835
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1837
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Stem slightly to strongly glaucous (vs. A. levigata not glaucous), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1839
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
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JK Marlow jkm180924_4945
September McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Lower leaves pinnately lobed, the sinuses extending over halfway to midrib, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm180924_4946
September McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_flava_yellow
September Gilmer-Murray Counties GA
Inflorescence, pedicels and calyx glabrous, flowering Aug-Sep, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
False-foxglove species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_flava_yellow_b
September
Pedicels 4-25mm long at anthesis, upwardly curved, stout (about 1mm in diam), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_029
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Pedicels upwardly curved. Capsule glabrous, 12-20mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_049
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Upper leaves usually entire or serrate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm181028_5376
October McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm181028_5381
October McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
The seeds of A. flava, A. laevigata, and A. virginica are winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm131103_188
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District