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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis decemloba
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Some lumpers (that have probably never seen both species in life) include this within A. obtusifolia. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis decemloba
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Agalinis decemloba
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis acuta
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-011:
Agalinis decemloba FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia acuta
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia decemloba
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis decemloba
COMMON NAME:
Tenlobe Gerardia, Sandplain Agalinis, Tenlobe False Falseglove
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpa16_001_lvd
Some taxonomists consider A. acuta to be part of A. decemloba, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Samantha Tessel sam092021_3758
September York County SC
Hairy inside the top of tube. Lobes notched at tips, margins ciliate, per New York Natural Heritage Program.
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Samantha Tessel sam092021_3759
September York County SC
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Samantha Tessel sam092021_3759b
September York County SC
Leaves opposite, very slender, needle-like, about 2/5" long and 1/10" wide, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agalinis decemloba
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis obtusifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis decemloba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis decemloba
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis acuta
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-011:
Agalinis decemloba
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia acuta
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia decemloba
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis decemloba
3344
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Dry clayey or sandy woodlands, coastal sand plains, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale rose-lavender
(throat lined with yellow)
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-parted corolla with broad campanulate tube
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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