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Saltmarsh False Foxglove

Agalinis maritima

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 7, February 6, March 8, April 12, May 23, June 10, July 9, August 21, September 10, October 10, November 7, December 7.
United States1,058
Massachusetts117
New York105
Texas99
Maine98
New Jersey89
Connecticut73
Maryland65
Virginia61
New Hampshire44

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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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