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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria flava
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth False Foxglove at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 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 jkm210626_1703
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1705
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1706
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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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
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 +
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in oak forests & woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite or subopposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p199
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p116
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p278
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p233
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p151
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p092
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p236
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p280
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p153