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Common Name: fernleaf yellow false foxglove
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Revision as of 10:40, 2 July 2015

Aureolaria pedicularia
Aureolaria pectinata Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Aureolaria
Species: A. pedicularia
Binomial name
Aureolaria pedicularia
((L.) Raf.
AURE PEDI dist.jpg
Natural range of Aureolaria pedicularia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: fernleaf yellow false foxglove

Distribution

Ecology

It is a root parasite on red and black oaks. Musselman found that in all of several thousand seedlings, development was halted without attachment to a host.[1]

Habitat

Considered a dominant species in sand dunes.[2]

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Germination occurs after cold treatment at 4.5 degrees Celsius for 5 months.[1]

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Musselman, L. J. (1969). "Observations on the life history of Aureolaria grandiflora and Aureolaria pedicularia (Scrophulariaceae)." American Midland Naturalist 82: 307-311.
  2. Leicht-Young, S. A., N. B. Pavlovic, et al. (2009). "A comparison of seed banks across a sand dune successional gradient at Lake Michigan dunes (Indiana, USA)." Plant Ecology 202: 299-308.