Agalinis filifolia
| Agalinis filifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Agalinis |
| Species: | A. filifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Agalinis filifolia (Nutt.) Raf. | |
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| Natural range of Agalinis filifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common names: Seminole False Foxglove; Fine-leaf Gerardia
Synonyms: Gerardia filifolia Nutt.
Contents
Description
It is an annual (Hall 1993).
Distribution
It is frequent in all of Florida; north to Georgia and Alabama (Hall 1993).
Ecology
Habitat
This species is found in sandhills and coastal scrub (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003). It is also found in longleaf pine savannas, sandy pinewoods and barrens, and on sand dunes, flats, and interdune hollows. Other habitat includes open stands of evergreen oak shrub, flatwoods, saw-palmetto woods, borders of titi bogs, and in dry sandy scrub that borders mesic woodlands (FSU Herbarium). Agalinis filifolia is somewhat shade tolerant and found in a variety of moisture conditions, from dry to wet (Hall 1993). It is observed in mainly sandy soils, including loamy sand. It can also be found in disturbed habitat, including clear-cuts and pine plantations, roadside banks and ditches, and clearings for power lines (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
This species has been observed flowering August through October, and fruiting August through November (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Agalinis filifolia at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, B. pennsylvanicus
Halictidae: Agapostemon spledens, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, L. puteulanum
Megachilidae: Megachile brevis psedudobrevis, M. mendica, M. petulans, M. texana
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014.Collectors: Sidney M. Daniel, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Kral, Loran C. Anderson, J. B. Hilmon, J. M. Canne, Mark A. Garland, Gary R. Knight, Nancy Endmonson, Cecil R. Slaughter, and Jean W. Wooten. States and Counties: Florida: Wakulla, Franklin, Liberty, Bay, Escambia, Charlotte, Brevard, Nassau, Putnam, Sarasota, Taylor, Manatee, and Lake. Georgia: Thomas.
Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowering plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
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.
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.
