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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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As the scientific name indicates, this species has essentially no leaves, and the few that are present are simply bract-like, barely 1/10" long and appressed to the stem. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Agalinis aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-006:
Agalinis aphylla FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Scrophulariaceae of eastern temperate North America (F.W. Pennell, 1935)
Gerardia aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis aphylla
COMMON NAME:
Scaleleaf Gerardia, Scaleleaf Agalinis, Scaleleaf False Foxglove
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-006:
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Scrophulariaceae of eastern temperate North America (F.W. Pennell, 1935)
Gerardia aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis aphylla
3057
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite & scale-like, or absent
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-lavender
(throat lined with yellow & spotted with purple)
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-parted corolla with broad campanulate tube
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p100
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p270
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p389
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