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Flaxleaf False Foxglove

Agalinis linifolia

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 5, May 5, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States470
North Carolina34
Alabama27
Georgia25
Mississippi19
South Carolina17
Louisiana14
Delaware2
Virginia2
Kansas2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genusfalse foxgloves · Agalinis

Sources

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Practise Flaxleaf False Foxglove with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.