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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
(?)
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Gerardia patula
COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Oak-leach, Spreading Yellow False Foxglove
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aureolaria_patula_2
September
Flower stalk long (3/8-5/8") and slender (less than 1/32"), per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aureolaria_patula_3
September
Flowers, sepals and flower stalk covered with tiny soft hairs, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
COMPARE
False-foxglove species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria patula
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
(?)
-
Gerardia patula
2794
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in rich alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p057
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p237
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p280