Agalinis divaricata
| Agalinis divaricata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Scrophulariales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Agalinis |
| Species: | A. divaricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Agalinis divaricata (Chapm.) Pennell | |
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| Natural range of Agalinis divaricata from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Common names: Pineland False Foxglove (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003). Little Gerardia (Hall 1993).
Synonym names: Gerardia divaricata Chapm. (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).
Annual, 30-80 cm tall; stems branching; leaves 1.5-2.5 cm long; petals 1-1.5 cm long, pink; *capsules to 3 mm long (Hall 1993). Flowers in the fall (Hall 1993). Flowers summer to fall(Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).
Distribution
Infrequent in central, north, and west Florida. Found from: West to Mississippi, east to Alabama.
Ecology
Habitat
It occurs primarily in well drained sands and loamy sands of pine-oak sandhill communities, sand dunes and interdune hollows (Entisols), and pine flatwoods communities (Spodosols). It requires high light. It thrives in frequently burned areas (FSU herbarium). Dry, scrub pinelands (Hall 1993). Dry pine-oak savannas, sandhills, and mesic bog margins (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).
Phenology
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Requires fire or other vegetation-removing disturbance to maintain high light levels and reduced competition. Does not appear to be common in areas with a great deal of soil disturbance, although it occurs along roadsides and ditches (FSU herbarium).
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
FSU herbarium http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu/
Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Second edition. 2003. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 546. Print.
Hall, David W. Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain: based on the collections of Leland and Lucy Baltzell. 1993. A Maupin House Book. Gainesville. 341. Print.
