Agalinis viridis |
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green false foxglove |
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Stems | branched, 15–70 cm; branches laxly and widely spreading, proximal arching upward, subterete proximally, quadrangular, with siliceous ridges and wings on angles distally, glabrous, sometimes scabridulous. |
Leaves | spreading to spreading-ascending; blade linear, 8–30 x 0.5–2.3(–3) mm, not fleshy, margins entire, siliceous, adaxial surface finely scabrous; axillary fascicles absent. |
Inflorescences | racemiform, with lateral branches bearing solitary flowers, flowers 1 per node; bracts both shorter and longer than, or shorter than, pedicels. |
Pedicels | spreading to spreading-ascending or arching, 3–14 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | calyx campanulate, tube 3–5.5 mm, glabrous, lobes lanceolate, 1.3–2.5 mm; corolla pale pink (sometimes nearly translucent), with 2 yellow or pale lines and pale purple spots in abaxial throat, 8–12 mm, throat pilose externally and villous within across bases and sinus of adaxial lobes, lobes: abaxial spreading, adaxial reflexed-spreading, 3–5 mm, glabrous externally; proximal anthers parallel to filaments, distal perpendicular or oblique to filaments, pollen sacs 0.8–1.5 mm; style exserted, 3–5 mm. |
Capsules | obovoid, 4–6(–7) mm. |
Seeds | tan to pale brown, 0.8–1 mm. |
Agalinis viridis |
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Phenology | Flowering late Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Mesic to wet areas of prairies, moist to wet savannas, moist roadsides, mesic to wet edges of recently clear-cut forests, dry or wet roadsides. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; LA; MO; MS; OK; TX
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Discussion | Agalinis viridis is tolerant of mowing and grazing; plants severed at mid stem will flower vigorously from the proximal nodes (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 555. |
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Agalinis |
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Synonyms | Gerardia viridis |
Name authority | (Small) Pennell: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 73: 521. (1922) |
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