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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aureolaria patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria patula
(?) -
Gerardia patula
COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Oak-leach, Spreading Yellow False Foxglove
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aureolaria_patula_2
September
Flower stalk long (3/8-5/8") and slender (less than 1/32"), per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aureolaria_patula_3
September
Flowers, sepals and flower stalk covered with tiny soft hairs, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
COMPARE
False-foxglove species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Aureolaria patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria patula
(?)
-
Gerardia patula
2794
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: calcareous ledges, and bluffs, rich alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
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:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p057
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p237
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p280