Agalinis auriculata
Agalinis georgiana
earleaf false foxglove
Boynton's false foxglove
simple or branched, (18–)30–100 cm;
branches spreading-ascending, obtusely angular, retrorsely short-sericeous and hispid.
simple or branched, 20–40(–50) cm;
branches ascending, quadrangular-ridged, scabridulous on faces and angles.
spreading;
blade lanceolate, 12–60 x (2–)5–20(–25) mm, margins and midveins entire or mid to distal ones with 1 or 2 proximal lobes, hispid, adaxial surface scabrous;
axillary fascicles absent.
spreading-ascending;
blade linear, widened distally, 10–15(–20) x 0.4–1.5 mm, not fleshy, margins entire, midvein sometimes abaxially scabrous, adaxial surface scabrous;
axillary fascicles shorter than or equal to subtending leaves.
spikelike racemes, flowers 1 or 2 per node;
bracts longer than pedicels, margins with 1 or 2 proximal lobes.
racemes, elongate, flowers 1 or 2 per node;
bracts longer than pedicels.
ascending, 0.5–3 mm, hispid.
ascending, 0.5–3.4 mm, glabrous.
calyx campanulate, tube (2–)3–9 mm, hirsute, lobes ovate-lanceolate, (5–)7–13 mm, unequal;
corolla pink, usually without 2 yellow lines and with dark pink spots in abaxial throat, 16–30 mm, throat pilose externally, villous within across bases and sinus of adaxial lobes, lobes: abaxial projecting to spreading, adaxial erect to recurved, 4–8 mm, abaxial sparsely pilose externally, adaxial glabrous externally;
proximal anthers parallel to filaments, distal perpendicular to filaments, pollen sacs 1.2–3 mm;
style exserted, 15–16 mm.
calyx hemispheric, tube 2.5–3 mm, sometimes scabrous proximally, lobes triangular, 1–1.4 mm;
corolla pale pink, without 2 yellow lines and red spots, 12–14 mm, throat pilose externally and villous within across bases and sinus of adaxial lobes, lobes: abaxial spreading, adaxial reflexed-spreading, 3–5 mm, abaxial pilose externally, adaxial glabrous externally;
proximal anthers parallel to filaments, distal perpendicular to filaments, pollen sacs 1.2–1.7 mm;
style included or slightly exserted, 4–7.7 mm.
ovoid, 7–20 mm.
globular, 3.5–5 mm.
brown, 1–2 mm.
dark brown, 0.4–0.6 mm.
= 26.
Agalinis auriculata
Agalinis georgiana
Agalinis auriculata is rare throughout its relatively broad range and has been the focus of recent field studies. It is probably extirpated in the District of Columbia, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, and West Virginia; it was rediscovered in Pickens County, Alabama, in 2007 and Lewis County, Kentucky in 1998. The species is considered critically imperiled in at least 11 states and imperiled in another five and is the species is most abundant in Illinois, eastern Iowa, and northern Missouri.
Agalinis auriculata is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Although Agalinis georgiana is listed as a synonym of A. fasciculata in some databases and floras, differences in anatomy and characters used in the key suggest that A. georgiana is distinct.
Agalinis georgiana is rare and known from southeastern Alabama, the northwestern panhandle of Florida, and south-central Georgia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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