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Orobanchaceae
Aureolaria

not marked as a favorite taxon Aureolaria pedicularia (Linnaeus) Rafinesque ex Pennell. Common name: Annual Oak-leech. Phenology: Sep-Oct; Nov. Habitat: Oak forests and woodlands; a hemiparasite on Quercus section Lobatae (the red or black oaks). Distribution: ME west to NY and e. MN, south to nw. SC, ne. GA, e. TN, and n. IL.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The various named varieties or subspecies need additional study; the variation seems to be too clinal to be practically recognized taxonomically.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA17, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, W; = Gerardia pedicularia L. var. pedicularia — F; > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell ssp. austromontana (Pennell) Pennell — S, Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell ssp. caesariensis Pennell — S; > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell ssp. carolinensis Pennell — S, Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell ssp. intercedens (Pennell) Pennell — Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell ssp. typica (L.) Pennell — Pennell (1935); > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell var. ambigens (Fernald) Farw.; > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell var. austromontana Pennell — C, G, K4; > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell var. intercedens Pennell — C, G, K4, NE; > Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. ex Pennell var. pedicularia — C, G, K4, NE; > Gerardia pedicularia L. var. austromontana (Pennell) Fernald — F; > Gerardia pedicularia L. var. intercedens (Pennell) Fernald — F; > Gerardia pedicularia L. var. pedicularia — F. Basionym: Gerardia pedicularia L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Aureolaria pedicularia - FNA17

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image #1 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Mark Kluge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Kluge source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #7 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Paul Marcum source
image #15 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Mark Kluge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Kluge source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Samuel Brinker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Samuel Brinker source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #18 of Aureolaria pedicularia© Michael John Oldham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael John Oldham source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual found in oak forests and woodlands.

Stems: Stems much-branched, covered with glandular hairs, at least in lower portions.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile to short-petiolate, lance-shaped, 1-3 in. long, pinnately divided into many toothed or lobed segments, finely sticky-hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on ascending stalks in upper leaf axils (essentially a raceme), canary yellow, about 1 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, finely hairy on the outside, marked with red on the inside and divided into 5 spreading, rounded lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a hairy, oval capsule.

Comments: This species is semi-parasitic on oaks and heaths.

Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Erect annual found in oak forests and woodlands.

stems: Stems much-branched, covered with glandular hairs, at least in lower portions.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile to short-petiolate, lance-shaped, 1-3 in. long, pinnately divided into many toothed or lobed segments, finely sticky-hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on ascending stalks in upper leaf axils (essentially a raceme), canary yellow, about 1 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, finely hairy on the outside, marked with red on the inside and divided into 5 spreading, rounded lobes.

fruits: Fruit a hairy, oval capsule.

comments: This species is semi-parasitic on oaks and heaths.

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