NameThatPlant.net: Agalinis obtusifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis obtusifolia FAMILY Orobanchaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Bluntleaf False Foxglove at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Agalinis obtusifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Agalinis obtusifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Agalinis obtusifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-009:

Agalinis obtusifolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Gerardia obtusifolia

COMMON NAME:
Bluntleaf Gerardia, Bluntleaf Agalinis, Bluntleaf False Foxglove, Tenlobe False Foxglove

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image of Agalinis obtusifolia, Bluntleaf Gerardia, Bluntleaf Agalinis, Bluntleaf False Foxglove, Tenlobe False Foxglove

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpa16_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis obtusifolia FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis obtusifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis obtusifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis obtusifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-009:
Agalinis obtusifolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia obtusifolia

3141

Forb
Annual

Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seeps, bogs, Black Belt prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale rose-lavender (throat not lined with yellow)
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

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