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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Oak-leach at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aureolaria pedicularia var. pectinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-002:
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia pectinata
COMMON NAME:
Southern Oak-leach, Sticky False Foxglove, Combleaf Yellow False Foxglove
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JK Marlow jkm080713_081
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080713_082
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Similar to A. pedicularis: Calyx lobes are usually foliose, longer than tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Tim Spira tps_apectinata
July
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JK Marlow jkm0408e_31
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
Pinnately incised, fernlike foliage & sticky glandular hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0408e_32
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0408f_08
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
A much-branched, glandular-hairy annual to 36" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0408f_17
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aureolaria_pectinata
August
Plant pubescent (esp on calyx, corolla, capsule, lower stem) w glandular hairs, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
False-foxglove species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aureolaria pedicularia var. pectinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-002:
Aureolaria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia pectinata
2563
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in turkey oak sandhills, other dry 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.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite or subopposite
FLOWER:
Spring/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
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p235
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p233
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p156
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p092
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p236
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p281
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p153?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p110