Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Slender Gerardia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Agalinis tenuifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Agalinis tenuifolia var. leucanthera
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Agalinis tenuifolia var. macrophylla
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Agalinis tenuifolia var. polyphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-008:
Agalinis tenuifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Agalinis tenuifolia var. leucanthera
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Agalinis tenuifolia var. macrophylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Agalinis tenuifolia var. polyphylla
COMMON NAME:
Slender Gerardia, Thin-leaved Agalinis, Slenderleaf Agalinis, Slender False Foxglove
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September
Throat of the light purple corolla is not hairy like other related species, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.
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September
Corolla upper lip arched forward over stamens, greatly reducing throat opening, per Weakley's Flora.
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September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
A wiry plant with linear leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Linear leaves to .25" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Parasitic on the roots of grasses, etc, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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October Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Pedicels more than 2.5x as long as calyx (more than 10mm long in fruit), per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
pedicels of Gerardia species