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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Agalinis decemloba
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Some lumpers (that have probably never seen both species in life) include this within A. obtusifolia. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis acuta
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-011:
Agalinis decemloba FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia acuta
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia decemloba
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis decemloba
COMMON NAME:
Tenlobe Gerardia, Sandplain Agalinis, Tenlobe False Falseglove
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpa16_001_lvd
Some taxonomists consider A. acuta to be part of A. decemloba, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Samantha Tessel sam092021_3758
September York County SC
Hairy inside the top of tube. Lobes notched at tips, margins ciliate, per New York Natural Heritage Program.
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Samantha Tessel sam092021_3759
September York County SC
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Samantha Tessel sam092021_3759b
September York County SC
Leaves opposite, very slender, needle-like, about 2/5" long and 1/10" wide, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Agalinis decemloba
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis acuta
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-011:
Agalinis decemloba
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia acuta
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia decemloba
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis decemloba
3344
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Dry clayey or sandy woodlands, coastal sand plains, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale rose-lavender
(throat 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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