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Forb
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (rare in GA)

Look for it in oak forests & woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & 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:
Fall
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p286
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p092
• Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p171
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p227
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p153

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria pedicularia   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria pedicularia +   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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 +