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Orobanchaceae
Aureolaria

not marked as a favorite taxon Aureolaria virginica (Linnaeus) Pennell. Common name: Downy Oak-leech, Virginia Oak-leech. Phenology: May-Jul; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Oak forests and woodlands, hemiparasitic on Quercus subgenus Quercus. Distribution: MA west to MI, south to ne. FL, Panhandle FL, and AL and west on the Coastal Plain through MS, and LA to e. TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Taxa previously recognized (see synonymy) need modern review.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Fl7, FNA17, G, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3; = Gerardia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — F; > Aureolaria dispersa (Small) Pennell — Tx; > Aureolaria microcarpa Pennell — S, Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell — S, Pennell (1935); Rhinanthus virginicus Linnaeus. Basionym: Rhinanthus virginicus L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Aureolaria virginica - FNA17

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image #1 of Aureolaria virginica© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Tall, ascending perennial found in oak forests and woodlands.

Stems: Stems unbranched or a few ascending branches above, downy (not glandular), often leaning on other plants.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, oval to lance-shaped, to 4¾ in. long with pointy tips, furry on both surfaces; lower leaves with a few large lobes but upper leaves entire or nearly so.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on short stalks in pairs on a terminal raceme, canary yellow, 1½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, the corolla opening into 5 rounded lobes.

Fruits: Fruit an oval, rusty-pubescent capsule.

Comments: Partially parasitic on members of the white oak group.

Height: 1-5 ft.

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description: Tall, ascending perennial found in oak forests and woodlands.

stems: Stems unbranched or a few ascending branches above, downy (not glandular), often leaning on other plants.

leaves: Leaves opposite, oval to lance-shaped, to 4¾ in. long with pointy tips, furry on both surfaces; lower leaves with a few large lobes but upper leaves entire or nearly so.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on short stalks in pairs on a terminal raceme, canary yellow, 1½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, the corolla opening into 5 rounded lobes.

fruits: Fruit an oval, rusty-pubescent capsule.

comments: Partially parasitic on members of the white oak group.

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native range: eastern North America



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