Aureolaria pedicularia
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| Aureolaria pedicularia | |
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| 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. | |
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| Natural range of Aureolaria pedicularia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name: Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Distribution
Ecology
It is a root parasite on red and black oaks. Musselman (1969) found that in all of several thousand seedlings, development was halted without attachment to a host.[1]
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)
Phenology
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Germination occurs after cold treatment at 4.5 degrees Celsius for 5 months.[1]
