Agalinis skinneriana

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Orobanchaceae

Herbs annual , biennial, or perennial parasites, without chlorophyll. Stems unbranched or sometimes branched. Leaves scalelike, spirally or subimbricately arranged. Inflorescences racemose, spicate , or subcapitate , rarely 1-flowered; bract 1, usually similar to leaves; bractlets 2, adnate to base of calyx or pedicel. Flowers bisexual , subsessile or pedicelled. Calyx tubular, cupular, or campanulate , (3 or) 4-6-lobed, 2-6-parted, 6-toothed, or spathelike, sometimes absent or of 3 free sepals. Corolla bilabiate, usually curved , sometimes tubular-campanulate or funnelform with 5 subequal lobes ; upper lip entire, emarginate , or 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous , inserted at base of corolla tube ; filaments slender; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, sometimes 1 cell fertile and another sterile or reduced to spur. Pistil 2- or 3-carpellate; ovary superior; placentas 2-4 or 6(-10), parietal or sometimes axile at ovary base; ovules 2-4 or numerous , anatropous . Style long; stigma inflated , discoid , peltate, or 2-4-lobed. Capsule usually dehiscing loculicidally by 2 or 3(or 4) valves . Seeds minute, testa pitted or reticulate .

About 15 genera and 150 species: North Temperate regions , less represented in Africa, America, Asia, and Australia; nine genera and 42 species (nine endemic) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Agalinis purpurea var. carteri Pennell • Gerardia purpurea L. • Gerardia purpurea parvula Pennell • Gerardia purpurea var. carteri (Pennell) Pennell • Gerardia purpurea var. grandiflora Benth.

Notes

Basionym : Scrophulariaceae Gerardia skinneriana Alph.Wood

Basionym author: (Alph.Wood)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Agalinis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. acuta (Sandplain False Foxglove) · A. aphylla (Coastal Plain False-Foxglove) · A. aspera (Rough Foxglove) · A. auriculata (Earleaf False Foxglove) · A. caddoensis (Caddo False Foxglove) · A. calycina (Leoncita False Foxglove) · A. densiflora (Osage False Foxglove) · A. divaricata (Pineland False Foxglove) · A. edwardsiana (Plateau False Foxglove) · A. fasciculata (Beach False Foxglove) · A. filicaulis (False Foxglove) · A. filifolia (Seminole False Foxglove) · A. gattingeri (Roundstem False Foxglove) · A. heterophylla (Prairie False Foxglove) · A. homalantha (San Antonio False Foxglove) · A. laxa (Two Line False Foxglove) · A. linifolia (Flax-Leaf False-Foxglove) · A. maritima (Salt-Marsh False-Foxglove) · A. maritima var. grandiflora (Saltmarsh False Foxglove) · A. maritima var. maritima (Saltmarsh False Foxglove) · A. navasotensis (Navasota False Foxglove) · A. neoscotica (Middleton False Foxglove) · A. nuttallii (Nuttall's False Foxglove) · A. obtusifolia (Ten-Lobe False-Foxglove) · A. oligophylla (Ridge-Stem False-Foxglove) · A. paupercula (Small Flower False Foxglove) · A. paupercula var. borealis (False-Foxglove) · A. paupercula var. paupercula (Smallflower False Foxglove) · A. pinetorum (Coastal Plain False Foxglove) · A. plukenetii (Chattahoochee False Foxglove) · A. pulchella (Purple Gerardia) · A. purpurea (Large-Purple False-Foxglove) · A. setacea (Thread-Leaved Gerardia) · A. skinneriana (Pale False Foxglove) · A. strictifolia (Stiff-Leaf False-Foxglove) · A. tenuifolia (Slender False-Foxglove) · A. tenuifolia var. leucanthera (Slenderleaf False Foxglove) · A. tenuifolia var. macrophylla (Slenderleaf False Foxglove) · A. tenuifolia var. parviflora (Slenderleaf False Foxglove) · A. tenuifolia var. polyphylla (Slenderleaf False Foxglove) · A. tenuifolia var. tenuifolia (Slenderleaf False Foxglove) · A. viridis (Green False Foxglove)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 548.
• Bulletin / Ohio Biological Survey. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University, 1913- url p. 213.
• Catalog of Ohio vascular plants, arranged according to the phyletic classification; with notes on the geographical distribution in the state, based mainly on specimens in the State Herbarium, Botanical Laboratory, the Ohio State Univ Columbus, The Ohio State University, 1914. url .
• Catalog of Ohio vascular plants: arranged according to the phyletic classification: with notes on the geographical distribution in the state, based mainly on specimens in the State Herbarium, Botanical Laboratory, the Ohio State Uni by John H. Schaffner. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1914. url p. 213.
• Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 47.
• Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Lexington, KY: The Academy, 1998- url p. 117, p. 117, p. 174, p. 174.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 23.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 11, p. 13, p. 27, p. 30, p. 62, p. 65.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 518, p. 525.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 145, p. 161, p. 72, p. 86, p. 86.
• Zhang Zhiyun. 1990. Orobanchaceae. In: Wang Wentsai, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 69: 69-124.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2655551
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-33033
• GRIN Nomen Number: 444353
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 33033
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 6221-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSCR010T0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AGSK
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19820

Footnotes

1. Zhi-Yun Zhang & Nikolai N. Tzvelev "Orobanchaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 229. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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