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Read about Downy False Foxglove from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 166-24-003:
Aureolaria virginica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia virginica
COMMON NAME:
Downy False-foxglove, Downy Oak-leach, Virginia Oak-leach
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gevi10_001_lvd
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May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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July Oconee County SC
Roadside
Flowering May-July (vs. Aug-Sept for A. patula, laevigata, flava), per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
False-foxglove species
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July Spartanburg County SC
Finely downy throughout, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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July Spartanburg County SC
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July Spartanburg County SC
Lower leaves lance-ovate, sometimes with lobes or teeth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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July Spartanburg County SC
Inflorescence, pedicels, and/or calyx pubescent with nonglandular hairs, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120728_038
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Pedicels usually less than 3mm long at anthesis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Calyx lobes lanceolate, 3-10mm long, equaling or much longer than tube, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120728_044
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Flowers have a tubular corolla with flaring lobes, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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November Oconee County SC
Plants turn blackish-brown in autumn, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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November Oconee County SC
Capsule broadly ovoid, pubescent; pedicels often to 6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.