Purple False Foxglove

Agalinis purpurea

Summary 7

Agalinis purpurea (known by common names including purple false foxglove and purple gerardia) is an annual forb native to the eastern United States and Canada, which produces purple flowers in late summer or early fall.

General description 8

Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell

Distribution

Wet pine savannas (SPS-T, SPS-RF, WLPS, VWLPS).

Notes

Frequent. Aug–Oct ; Sep–Nov . Thornhill 45, 1116, 1134, 1139, 1201 (NCSC). Specimens seen in the vicinity: Sandy Run [Hancock]: Taggart SARU 522 (WNC!); Sandy Run [Neck]: Wilbur 57644, 57662 (DUKE!). [= RAB, Weakley]

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Fritz Flohr Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzflohrreynolds/9738876422/
  2. (c) Haug, E., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10337442
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  5. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/pf_foxglove1.jpg
  6. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/pf_foxglove2.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalinis_purpurea
  8. Adapted by Kate Severson from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (<license>Public Domain</license>), http://eol.org/data_objects/31441796

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