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Aureolaria pectinata (Nuttall) Pennell. Southern Oak-leech. Phen: May-Sep; Sep-Oct. Hab: Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak sandhills, Florida scrub, other dry oak forests and woodlands, barrens; a hemiparasite on Quercus section Lobatae (the red or black oaks). Dist: NC south to s. FL, west to LA, inland north to MO, e. OK, and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Related to A. pedicularia, but much more southerly in overall distribution.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl7, FNA17, K1, K3, K4, RAB, Tn, Tx, WH3; = Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell var. pectinata (Nutt.) Gleason – C, G; = Gerardia pectinata (Nutt.) Benth. – F; > Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell ssp. eurycarpa (Pennell) Pennell – S, Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell ssp. floridana Pennell – Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell ssp. pectinata – S; > Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell ssp. transcedens (Pennell) Pennell – S, Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell ssp. typica – Pennell (1935); < Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell – W

Links to other floras: = Aureolaria pectinata - FNA17

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to ascending annual found in turkey oak-dominated sandhills and other dry oak forests and woodlands.

Stems: Stems bushy-branched and glandular-hairy.

Leaves: Basal leaves (on young plants) elliptic to lance-shaped, entire; stem leaves opposite, lance-shaped in outline, to 2½ in. long, pinnately divided into 10 or 12 narrow, toothed segments; glandular-hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a glandular-hairy terminal raceme, bright yellow (sometimes tinged with red), about 1½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, with 5 spreading, rounded lobes; 5 distinctive sepals are pinnately lobed and densely glandular-hairy.

Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

Comments: Entire plant is sticky to the touch and turns blackish in autumn. This is a partially parasitic (on oaks) species.

Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect to ascending annual found in turkey oak-dominated sandhills and other dry oak forests and woodlands.

stems: Stems bushy-branched and glandular-hairy.

leaves: Basal leaves (on young plants) elliptic to lance-shaped, entire; stem leaves opposite, lance-shaped in outline, to 2½ in. long, pinnately divided into 10 or 12 narrow, toothed segments; glandular-hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a glandular-hairy terminal raceme, bright yellow (sometimes tinged with red), about 1½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, with 5 spreading, rounded lobes; 5 distinctive sepals are pinnately lobed and densely glandular-hairy.

fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

comments: Entire plant is sticky to the touch and turns blackish in autumn. This is a partially parasitic (on oaks) species.

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