Aureolaria

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Aureolaria Raf.
OROBANCHACEAE
YELLOW FALSE FOXGLOVE
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Classification

LAMIALES
Aureolaria

Citation

AUREOLARIA Rafinesque, New Fl. 2: 58. 1837 ("1836").
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TYPE: Aureolaria villosa Rafinesque Lectotypified by Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 382. 1935.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Aureolaria flava SMOOTH YELLOW FALSE FOXGLOVE Native
Aureolaria pectinata FERNLEAF YELLOW FALSE FOXGLOVE Native
Aureolaria virginica DOWNY YELLOW FALSE FOXGLOVE Native

Identification Key

1.  Plant glabrous
A. flava subsp. reticulata
1.  Plant pubescent
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2.  Pubescence eglandular; leaf blade with few lobes basally or entire; calyx lobes entire
A. virginica
2.  Pubescence, especially distally, glandular; leaf blade pinnatifid to pinnately lobed; calyx lobes toothed or pinnatifid
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3.  Stem virgately branched; distal leaves appressed-ascending and strongly reduced; corolla 38-45 mm long
A. pectinata subsp. floridana
3.  Stem stiffly branched; leaves spreading and gradually reduced distally; corolla 30-40 mm long
A. pectinata subsp. pectinata

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Panctenis Panctenis Rafinesque, New Fl. 2: 60. 1837 ("1836"). TYPE: Panctenis pedicularis (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Gerardia pedicularia Linnaues) Lectoytpified by Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 397. 1935.