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purple false foxglove

Agalinis purpurea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 60, February 61, March 97, April 190, May 365, June 171, July 129, August 213, September 167, October 100, November 63, December 56.
United States6,309
Canada1,827
Ontario1,529
Michigan891
Virginia614
New York509
Maryland473
New Jersey464
Illinois362
North Carolina282

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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
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual 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

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