OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis fasciculata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Agalinis virgata

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

Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea

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

Agalinis fasciculata

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Agalinis purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-004:

Agalinis virgata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Gerardia purpurea var. racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Gerardia racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Agalinis virgata

 

COMMON NAME:
Wand Gerardia, Wand Agalinis, Pine-barren False Foxglove


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September        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

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September        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Pedicel shorter than calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Agalinis virgata, Wand Gerardia, Wand Agalinis, Pine-barren False Foxglove

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September        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Corolla throat usually yellow-lined within, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Agalinis virgata, Wand Gerardia, Wand Agalinis, Pine-barren False Foxglove

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September        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Branches virgate [wand-like; straight, slender and erect]; stems glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.

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Will Stuart    wil_10036564113_b

September        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Leaves linear to narrowly linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agalinis fasciculata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agalinis virgata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agalinis fasciculata

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Agalinis purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-25-004:
Agalinis virgata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gerardia purpurea var. racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gerardia racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agalinis virgata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3595

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Drawdown zones of pineland ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-lavender (throat lined with yellow)
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-parted campanulate corolla
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule

 

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