Agalinis paupercula (A. Gray) Britton var. paupercula . Hab: Calcareous fens, pond shores. Dist: NS west to MB, south to NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, and IA. A specimen purporting to be this species from sw. VA (Washington County) is depauperate, immature, and unidentifiable; it is more parsimoniously assumed to be A. purpurea, rather than a disjunct occurrence of this species.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Il, K1, K3, NE, Va; = Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell ssp. parviflora (Benth.) Á.Löve & D.Löve – Mi; = Gerardia paupercula (A.Gray) Britton var. paupercula – F; = Gerardia paupercula (A.Gray) Britton var. typica – Pennell (1935); < Agalinis paupercula (A.Gray) Britton – NY, Pa; < Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell var. parviflora (Benth.) Boivin – C, FNA17, K4; < Gerardia purpurea L. var. parviflora Benth. – G

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ?: 9