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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agbe_001_lvd
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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