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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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This species is quite different from other Agalinis species in NC, owing to noticeably larger flowers and a somewhat different flower color. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-001:
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis linifolia
COMMON NAME:
Flaxleaf Gerardia, Scaleleaf Agalinis, Flaxleaf False Foxglove, Flaxleaf Agalinis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agli2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_agalinis_linifolia3
September Onslow County NC
Flowers in racemes, 1-2 per node. Corolla tube lacks yellow lines, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_agalinis_linifolia4
September Onslow County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_agalinis_linifolia4b
September Onslow County NC
Leaves linear, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-001:
Agalinis linifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia linifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis linifolia
2988
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (an endemic)
Habitat: Coastal Plain depression ponds, cypress savannas, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes slender
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-lavender
(rarely white) (throat not lined with yellow)
Bisexual
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-parted corolla with broad campanulate tube
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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