Agalinis filifolia

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Agalinis filifolia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
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.

Description

Common names: Seminole False Foxglove; Fine-leaf Gerardia

Synonym names: Gerardia filifolia Nutt.

Is an annual (Hall 1993).

Distribution

Frequent in all of Florida; north to Georgia and Alabama (Hall 1993).

Ecology

Habitat

Sandhills and coastal scrub (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003). Dry to moist sites (Hall 1993).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Agalinis filifolia:

Apidae: Apis mellifera

Apidae: Bombus impatiens

Apidae: Bombus pennsylvanicus

Halictidae: Agapostemon spledens

Halicitade: Augochlorella aurata

Halicitade: Augochlorella gratiosa

Halicitade: Lasioglossum coreopsis

Halicitade: Lasioglossum miniatulus

Halicitade: Lasioglossum nymphalis

Halicitade: Lasioglossum placidensis

Halicitade: Lasioglossum puteulanum

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis psedudobrevis

Megachilidae: Megachile mendica

Megachilidae: Megachile petulans

Megachilidae: Megachile texana

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

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.