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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria pedicularia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fernleaf False Foxglove at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria pedicularia +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Aureolaria pedicularia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-001:
Aureolaria pedicularia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia pedicularia +
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria pedicularia +
COMMON NAME:
Fernleaf False Foxglove, Annual Oak-leach, Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria pedicularia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria pedicularia +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Aureolaria pedicularia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-001:
Aureolaria pedicularia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia pedicularia +
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria pedicularia +
181
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Oak forests and woodlands, hemiparasitic on oaks and heaths, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolinas, rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite or subopposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p303
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p286
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p234
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p092
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p227
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p271
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p153
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