Aureolaria flava
| Aureolaria flava | |
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| Photo was taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Scrophulariales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Aureolaria |
| Species: | A. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw. | |
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| Natural range of Aureolaria flava from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name: Smooth Yellow False Foxglove
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Taxonomic notes
Description
In the genus Aureolaria, the plants are either annual or perennial. They are parasitic on the roots of Quercus (oaks) and they turn black when dried. The cauline leaves are opposite or subopposite. The flowers are showy, the calyx is 5-parted, the lobes are shorter to longer than the tube. The corolla is yellow in color, bilabiate, and 5-parted. The tube is campanulate and the lobes are spreading. There are 4 stamens, didynamous, included, filaments are flattened, and the 2 longer more or less lanose. The anther sacs are basally awned. The stigma is capitate and exserted. (Radford 1964).
Specifically for A. flava, the plant is perennial and parasitic on Quercus alba (white oaks). The stem are glabrous and grow to approximately 2 or more meters. The leaves are lanceolate or elliptic lanceolate, the upper portion is usually entire or serrate, the lower portion is usually pinnately lobed to parted, glabrous or glabrate, and grows to approximately 7-17 cm long and 1.5-7 cm wide. The inflorescences, the pedicels are glabrous, are 4-25 mm long at the anthesis, curving upward. The calyx lobes are lanceolate to triangular, equaling or slightly longer than the tubes which are entire, and are 3-5 mm long. The corolla is 3-5 cm long. The capsules are glabrous. Flowers from August to September; and September to October. (Radford 1964).
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
This species can be found in pine-oak woods and loamy sand in oak-hickory on upper slopes of steepheads in shaded areas (FSU Herbarium). It also can be found in areas of human disturbance such as on the edges of trails and slopes of impoundment (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
This species has been observed flowering in September and fruiting from September to October (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
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: L. C. Anderson, B. Boothe, M. Boothe, V. Craig, R. K. Godfrey, H. Roth, and R.A. Norris. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Leon, and Liberty.
Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 957-8. Print.
