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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpa16_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA-SC Coastal Plain (uncommon or rare in NC)
Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seeps, bogs, Black Belt prairies, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale rose-lavender
(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:
Fall
Capsule
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