Agalinis virgata Rafinesque. Common name: Wand Agalinis. Phenology: Sep-Oct; Oct-Nov. Habitat: Drawdown zones of pineland ponds. Distribution: NY south to GA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: There are taxonomic questions about the distinctness of this taxon.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, RAB, S; = Gerardia purpurea L. var. racemulosa (Pennell) Gleason — G; = Gerardia racemulosa Pennell — F, Tat, Pennell (1935); < Agalinis fasciculata (Elliott) Raf.; < Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell — GW2; < Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell var. purpurea — C, FNA17. Basionym: Agalinis virgata Raf. 1836 [1837]
Links to other floras: < Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea - FNA17
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
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