Small-flowered False Foxglove (Agalinis paupercula) (A. Gray, 1878)

 

Synonyms: Aureolaria purpurea var. paupercula, Gerardia purpurea var. paupercula, Gerardia paupercula, Small flower false foxglove, Smooth False Foxglove, Small-flowered Gerardia

 

 

Agalinis paupercula is a hemiparasitic plant found in Eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It grows in moist sandy soils on lakeshores, barrens, and wetland and stream margins. This is an annual herb 30-70 cm in height. Its stem may be simple or branching; the leaves are opposite and stalkless. The flowers are campanulate, with five lobes, pink or purple in colour. This species blooms in August-September. The fruit is globose. Although most floras treat Agalinis paupercula as a distinct species it may be a form of A. purpurea. Traditionally Agalinis was assigned in the Scrophulariaceae, but it is now included in the Orobanchaceae by some.

 

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