agalinis purpurea
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell |
| Common name: | purple foxglove |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | annual |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 2.5' |
| Foliage: | dark green, long, linear; leaves and stems may be tinted with purple |
| Flower: | to 1" long and across, tubular, 5 lobes, lavendar to purple with specks of dark purple and two patches pale yellow |
| Flowering time: | July to September |
| Habitat: | usually wet and acidic sands |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| 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. |