Agalinis purpurea (Linnaeus) Pennell. Common name: Common Agalinis. Phenology: Aug-Nov; Sep-Dec. Habitat: Woodlands, wet meadows, roadsides, in a wide variety of open habitats. Distribution: NS west to MN, south to s. FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl7, GrPl, Il, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3; = Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell ssp. purpurea — Mi; = Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell var. purpurea — FNA17, K4; = Gerardia purpurea L. — F, Tat, Pennell (1935), (basionym); = Gerardia purpurea L. var. purpurea — G; < Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell — GW2, Mo3; < Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell var. purpurea — C
Links to other floras: = Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea - FNA17
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Erect to sprawling annual found in woodlands, on roadsides, in open floodplain swamps and bogs and a variety of other open habitats. | Stems slender and wiry, 4-angled, branched above, dark green. | Leaves opposite, linear, to 2½ in. long, dark green to purplish, with a conspicuous indented mid-vein. | Flowers in a terminal raceme, pinkish-purple, to 1½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric and bell-shaped tubular with 5 spreading, rounded lobes; within the corolla throat are purple spots, abundant white hairs and 2 yellow streaks. | Fruit a many-seeded, round capsule. | 1-4 ft. | Erect to sprawling annual found in woodlands, on roadsides, in open floodplain swamps and bogs and a variety of other open habitats. | Stems slender and wiry, 4-angled, branched above, dark green. | Leaves opposite, linear, to 2½ in. long, dark green to purplish, with a conspicuous indented mid-vein. | Flowers in a terminal raceme, pinkish-purple, to 1½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric and bell-shaped tubular with 5 spreading, rounded lobes; within the corolla throat are purple spots, abundant white hairs and 2 yellow streaks. | Fruit a many-seeded, round capsule. | eastern North America |
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