Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Flowers are larger and more bright rose than in A. obtusifolia and A. decemloba, but they average smaller and more open-faced than the larger and more forward-facing flowers of A. purpurea (a more robust plant). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis setacea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)

Agalinis obtusifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-007:

Agalinis setacea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Gerardia setacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Agalinis setacea

COMMON NAME:
Threadleaf Gerardia, Threadleaf Agalinis, Threadleaf False Foxglove, Sandhills Gerardia

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Will Stuart    wil_2884241457_fdb201b9ff

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Corolla lobes all spreading, the throat lanose at base of upper corolla lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

Will Stuart    wil_2885076700_58c5e10908

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Pedicels usually 15-25mm long. Calyx tube truncate, lobes subulate, < 1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 COMPARE pedicels of Gerardia species

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_agalinis_setacea_4

October        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Agalinis setacea   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis setacea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Agalinis obtusifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-007:
Agalinis setacea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia setacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis setacea