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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aureolaria flava
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read more about Smooth False Foxglove at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
JK Marlow jkm210626_1703
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
JK Marlow jkm210626_1705
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
JK Marlow jkm210626_1706
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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).
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.
COMPARE False-foxglove species
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.
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.
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).
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).
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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