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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria levigata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read more about Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria laevigata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-004:
Aureolaria laevigata FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria laevigata
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Oak-leach, Smooth False Foxglove, Entireleaf Yellow False Foxglove
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JK Marlow jkm080802_064
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Inflorescence, pedicels and calyx glabrous; flowering Aug-Sep, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
False-foxglove species
JK Marlow jkm120830_187
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
The stem is smooth and green; it is not glaucous, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm120830_187c
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 5-10cm long, 1-2.4cm wide, entire (or rarely lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm130922_483b
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Pedicels straight, stout (about 1 mm in diameter), 1-8mm long at anthesis, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm130922_487
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Lower leaves entire to serrate (or a few shallow lobes at the leaf base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm121027_853
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Calyx lobes usually shorter than tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria levigata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria laevigata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-004:
Aureolaria laevigata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria laevigata