Aureolaria pedicularia

Aureolaria pedicularia
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.
Natural range of Aureolaria pedicularia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name: Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Agalinis pedicularia, Dasistoma pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia

Ecology

It is a root parasite on red and black oaks and cannot survive without an attachment to a host (Musselman et al. 1969).

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, A. pedicularia has been found in a slash pineland (FSU Herbarium) and is considered a dominant species in sand dunes (Leicht-Young et al. 2009)

A. pedicularia can occur in slash pinelands, oak-hickory forests, and oak-pine forests (FSU Herbarium; Stiles 1977; Werth et al. 1979). Associated species include Pinus rigida, Castanea pumila, Pinus palustris and species of Quercus (Werth et al. 1979).

Seed bank and germination

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

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: Robert K. Godfrey. States and Counties: Florida: Wakulla. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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.