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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aureolaria flava   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria flava var. flava   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aureolaria flava var. flava

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aureolaria flava var. macrantha

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Aureolaria flava

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Aureolaria flava var. flava

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Aureolaria flava var. macrantha

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-005:

Aureolaria flava   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Gerardia flava +

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aureolaria flava ssp. flava

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aureolaria flava ssp. reticulata

 

COMMON NAME:
Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove


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image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gefl2_001_lvd

        

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm180505_1835

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder VPA

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm180505_1837

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder VPA

Stem slightly to strongly glaucous (vs. A. levigata not glaucous), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm180505_1839

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder VPA

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1703

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1705

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1706

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm180924_4945

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Lower leaves pinnately lobed, the sinuses extending over halfway to midrib, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm180924_4946

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_flava_yellow

September    Gilmer-Murray Counties    GA

Inflorescence, pedicels and calyx glabrous, flowering Aug-Sep, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_flava_yellow_b

September        

Pedicels 4-25mm long at anthesis, upwardly curved, stout (about 1mm in diam), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm061029_029

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Pedicels upwardly curved. Capsule glabrous, 12-20mm long, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm061029_049

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Upper leaves usually entire or serrate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm181028_5376

October    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm181028_5381

October    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

The seeds of A. flava, A. laevigata, and A. virginica are winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aureolaria flava, Smooth False Foxglove, Smooth Oak-leach, Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

JK Marlow    jkm131103_188

November    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aureolaria flava   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aureolaria flava var. flava   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aureolaria flava var. flava

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aureolaria flava var. macrantha

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Aureolaria flava

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Aureolaria flava var. flava

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Aureolaria flava var. macrantha

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-24-005:
Aureolaria flava   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia flava +

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria flava ssp. flava

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aureolaria flava ssp. reticulata

 

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179

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Oak forests and woodlands, hemiparasitic on Quercus subgenus Quercus, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, common in Piedmont of GA & SC (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite or subopposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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