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Orobanchaceae
Agalinis

not marked as a favorite taxon 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.

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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); = Gerardia purpurea L. var. purpurea — G; < Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell — GW2, Mo3; < Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell var. purpurea — C. Basionym: Gerardia purpurea L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Agalinis purpurea var. purpurea - FNA17

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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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image #1 of Agalinis purpurea© Alan Cressler: Agalinis purpurea, Riverbend Wildlife Management Area, Laurens County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
image #2 of Agalinis purpurea© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Agalinis purpurea© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Agalinis purpurea© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Agalinis purpurea© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Agalinis purpurea© Collectors SOS | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Agalinis purpurea© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Agalinis purpurea© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Agalinis purpurea© Alan Cressler: Agalinis purpurea, Riverbend Wildlife Management Area, Laurens County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source
image #10 of Agalinis purpurea© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Agalinis purpurea© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Agalinis purpurea© jtuttle, all rights reserved, uploaded by jtuttle source | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Agalinis purpurea© jtuttle, all rights reserved, uploaded by jtuttle source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to sprawling annual found in woodlands, on roadsides, in open floodplain swamps and bogs and a variety of other open habitats.

Stems: Stems slender and wiry, 4-angled, branched above, dark green.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, linear, to 2½ in. long, dark green to purplish, with a conspicuous indented mid-vein.

Inforescence:

Flowers: 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.

Fruits: Fruit a many-seeded, round capsule.

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Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Erect to sprawling annual found in woodlands, on roadsides, in open floodplain swamps and bogs and a variety of other open habitats.

stems: Stems slender and wiry, 4-angled, branched above, dark green.

leaves: Leaves opposite, linear, to 2½ in. long, dark green to purplish, with a conspicuous indented mid-vein.

inflorescence:

flowers: 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.

fruits: Fruit a many-seeded, round capsule.

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native range: eastern North America



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