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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Agalinis tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 166-25-008:
Agalinis tenuifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
Slender Gerardia, Thin-leaved Agalinis, slenderleaf false foxglove
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JK Marlow jkm160827_693
August Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
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Gill Newberry gn09_a_tenuifolia_flowers
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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Gill Newberry gn09_a_tenuifolia_habit
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_agalinus_flower
September
Corolla upper lip arched forward over stamens, greatly reducing throat opening, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0309j_35
September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
A wiry plant with linear leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0509h_20
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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JK Marlow jkm0509i_07
September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Parasitic on the roots of grasses, etc, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm130922_413
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm150912_047
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0410j_34b
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
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JK Marlow jkm0410k_12
October Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve