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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis virgata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Some references lump this species into A. fasciculata, but this seems incomprehensible, as that species has numerous small fascicles of leaves in leaf axils. Some lump it into A. purpurea, a little more understandable, but still odd and not a good decision. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis fasciculata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis virgata
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Agalinis purpurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-004:
Agalinis virgata FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia purpurea var. racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis virgata
COMMON NAME:
Wand Gerardia, Wand Agalinis, Pine-barren False Foxglove
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Will Stuart wil_10036493216
September SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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September SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Pedicel shorter than calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pedicels of Gerardia species
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Will Stuart wil_10036493216_c
September SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Corolla throat usually yellow-lined within, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_10036564113
September SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Branches virgate [wand-like; straight, slender and erect]; stems glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_10036564113_b
September SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves linear to narrowly linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis virgata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis fasciculata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis virgata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Agalinis purpurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-004:
Agalinis virgata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia purpurea var. racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis virgata
3595
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Drawdown zones of pineland ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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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
Rose-lavender
(throat lined with yellow)
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-parted campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".