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| genus = ''Aureolaria''
 
| genus = ''Aureolaria''
 
| species = '''''A. pectinata'''''
 
| species = '''''A. pectinata'''''

Revision as of 10:25, 1 December 2015

Aureolaria pectinata
Aureolaria pectinata Gil.jpg
Photo was taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Aureolaria
Species: A. pectinata
Binomial name
Aureolaria pectinata
(Nutt.) Pennell
AURE PECT dist.jpg
Natural range of Aureolaria pectinata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name: Combleaf Yellow False Foxglove

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Gerardia pectinata

Description

A. pectinata has opposite, fern like leaves which are pinnately incised, with sticky glandular hairs [1]. It is a hemiparasitic plant that attaches modified roots to the roots of host plants, such as oaks [2].

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

A. pectinata can occur in turkey oak sandhills, longleaf pine communities, upland hardwood forests, savannas, glades, stream banks and slash pineland [3] [1] (FSU Herbarium).

Associated species include Pinus elliottii, Serenoa repens, Quercus geminata, Q. myrtifolia, Q. chapmanii, Liatris elegans, L. tenuifolia, and Salvia azurea (UF Herbarium).

Phenology

A. pectinata has bisexual, yellow flowers that bloom spring, summer, and fall. The ovary is superior and fruits in a capsule summer and fall [1]. The flower buds have a reddish tip, while the calyx is densely hairy [2].

Fire ecology

Studies have observed that A. pectinata does not occur in unburned sites, but does occur in burned sites (Harrod et al. 2000; Kush et al. 2000). Kush et al. (2000) found that A. pectinata occurred in biennially burned longleaf pine stands regardless of burning season. In Harrod et al. (2000) it was observed growing in a burned xeric hardwood site.

Pollination

Hummingbirds and bumblebees pollinate Aureolaria pectinata [2].

Use by animals

It is the larval host plant for the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton)[2].

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Conservation status: Global: G5 [4].

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Robert K. Godfrey. States and Counties: Florida: Wakulla.

Harrod, J. C., M. E. Harmon, et al. (2000). "Post-fire succession and 20th century reduction in fire frequency on xeric southern Appalachian sites." Journal of Vegetation Science 11: 465-472.

Kush, J. S., R. S. Meldahl, et al. (2000). Understory plant community response to season of burn in natural longleaf pine forests. Proceedings 21st Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference. Fire and forest ecology: innovative silviculture & vegetation management, Tallahassee, FL, Tall Timbers Research, Inc.

University of Florida Herbarium database. URL: [1]. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Steven P. Christman, Nancy Coile, Brenda Herring, Robin B. Huck, Jean Huffman. States and Counties: Florida: Collier, Sarasota, Suwannee, Wakulla. South Carolina: Aiken.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 [Native and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia] Accessed November 30, 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 [Arkansas Native Plant Society] Accessed November 30, 2015
  3. [Missouri Department of Conservation] Accessed November 30, 2015
  4. [NatureServe] Accessed November 30, 2015