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Orobanchaceae > Agalinis (Purple False Foxglove) | |
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Purple False Foxglove, Purple Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 Common statewide in NC, Purple False Foxglove grows in many open habitats. |
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Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 Along with several other genera, Agalinis was formerly placed in the Scrophulariaceae. |
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Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 Agalinis is a hemiparasite, meaning that while it has green leaves and photosynthesizes, its root also attach to other plant roots to "steal" nutrients from them. |
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Common Buckeye caterpillars use Purple False Foxglove as a host plant. Hoke Co., NC 12 Sep 2004 |
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Beach False Foxglove (Agalinis fasciculata) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Common in sandy habitats in the NC coastal plain. |
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Beach False Foxglove (Agalinis fasciculata) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 |
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Beach False Foxglove (Agalinis fasciculata) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 |
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Beach False Foxglove (Agalinis fasciculata) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 |
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Pinebarren False Foxglove (Agalinis virgata) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 Rare in the NC coastal plain, some authorities consider this to be varieties of other species of Agalinis. |
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Pinebarren False Foxglove (Agalinis virgata) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 |
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Pinebarren False Foxglove (Agalinis virgata) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 |
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Slenderleaf False Foxglove, Slender Gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 Common and statewide in NC along woodland edges, roadsides, etc. |
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Slenderleaf False Foxglove, Slender Gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 Note the upper petals form a hood over the stamens and are not reflexed in this species. |
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Slenderleaf False Foxglove, Slender Gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 |
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Slenderleaf False Foxglove, Slender Gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 |
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Threadleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis setacea) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 Statewide in NC and common in sandy habitats like the sandhills and along the coast. |
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Threadleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis setacea) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 |
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Threadleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis setacea) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 |
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Threadleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis setacea) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Sep 21, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu