Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
As the scientific name indicates, this species has essentially no leaves, and the few that are present are simply bract-like, barely 1/10" long and appressed to the stem. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-006:
Agalinis aphylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Scrophulariaceae of eastern temperate North America (F.W. Pennell, 1935)
Gerardia aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
galinis aphylla
COMMON NAME:
Scaleleaf Gerardia, Scaleleaf Agalinis, Scaleleaf False Foxglove
No pictures are available at this time.