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| Britton and Brown. See
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| Botanical name: |
Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell |
| Common
name: |
purple false foxglove |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Scrophulariaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
forb/herb |
| Duration: |
annual |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
1-2.5' |
| Foliage: |
darke green, long, linear; leaves and stems may be tinted with purple |
| Flowers: |
to 1" long and across, tubular, 5 lobes, lavendar to purple with specks of dark purple and two patches pale yellow |
| Flowering/fruiting time: |
July to September |
| Habitat: |
usually wet and acidic sands |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewide
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| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
Bees enter the flowers upside down; the leaves are host for the caterpillars of the buckeye butterfly.
Distinguishing
between various Agalinis species can be challenging; critical
characteristics are flower stalks, flower hairs and petal shape.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 210. |
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