Slender Agalinis

(Agalinis tenuifolia)

 

   

 

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Slender Agalinis (Agalinis tenuifolia [Vahl] Raf.)

Identification: Flowers about 0.5 inches in length, pink to lavender in color. Petals in a tubular corolla with 5 free petal lobes. Throat of flower with dark spots. Calyx with small, sharp teeth. Flower stalks long, much longer than the calyx. Leaves narrow, grass-like, in opposite pairs. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: West Ontario in the west to New England in the east, southward to Georgia and Texas. Also occurs through central North America.

Habitat: Slender Agalinis is found in dry woods, and dry, open fields.

Flowering period: August to October.

Similar Species: Slender Agalinis is one of several similar species of the genus Agalinis. It is most likely to be confused with Purple Agalinis. However the long flower stalks and small calyx teeth of Slender Agalinis should easily separate the two species.

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