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Observed in dry and well-drained upland longleaf pine savanna communities, and shady sandy loams of pine-oak woods.
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Associated Species: ''Pinus palustris'', ''Quercus falcata'', ''Diospyros virginiana'', ''Ilex glabra'', ''Agalinis obtusifolia'', and ''Ctenium aromaticum''. <ref name= "Herbarium"> Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: February 2019. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, W. Wilson Baker, John Hays, Mike Jenkins, Robin Kennedy, R. Komarek, and Alfred Schotz. States and counties: Florida: Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa. Georgia: Thomas. </ref>
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Revision as of 11:06, 4 March 2019

Agalinis georgiana
Agalinis georgiana Ann Johnson.jpg
Photo by Ann Johnson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Agalinis
Species: A. georgiana
Binomial name
Agalinis georgiana
(Elliott) Raf.
AGAL GEOR dist.JPG
Natural range of Agalinis georgiana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Boynton's false foxglove

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Gerardia georgiana C.L. Boynton, Agalinis fasciculata (Elliott) Rafinesque

Description

Endemic to the Southeast U.S., A. georgiana is an annual forb that is a member of the Scrophulariaceae family. [1]

Distribution

A. georgiana is distributed from south Georgia and Alabama down to the western panhandle of Florida. [2]

Ecology

Habitat

Observed in dry and well-drained upland longleaf pine savanna communities, and shady sandy loams of pine-oak woods.

Associated Species: Pinus palustris, Quercus falcata, Diospyros virginiana, Ilex glabra, Agalinis obtusifolia, and Ctenium aromaticum. [3]

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Agalinis species, including this one, host larvae of the common buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia) in Florida.[4]

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. USDA Plants Database URL: https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ANGE
  2. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: February 2019. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, W. Wilson Baker, John Hays, Mike Jenkins, Robin Kennedy, R. Komarek, and Alfred Schotz. States and counties: Florida: Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa. Georgia: Thomas.
  4. Observation by Roger Hammer in Silver Springs State Park, Marion County, FL. September 2016, posted to Florida Flora and Ecosystematics Facebook Group August 4, 2017.