Agalinis setacea (J.F. Gmel.) Raf.

Threadleaf False Foxglove

Herb

Annual

Vascular

Threadleaf False Foxglove is a native hemi-parasitic annual in the Broomrape family (Orobanchaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Threadleaf False Foxglove occurs in open, dry woodlands, in sandhills, on roadsides, and in prairies. It has a weak root system with a short taproot and is parasitic on the roots of grasses. Stems are 1-2 feet tall, much branched, the branches erect. The stem is green or reddish-purple in color, and glabrous. Leaves are opposite, filiform in outline, and glabrous or minutely pubescent on the upper surface. The leaves are approximately 1 inch in length. Flowers are solitary, axillary or terminal. The pedicel is ½ to 1 inch in length. There are no veins on the cup-shaped calyx. The 5 corolla lobes are spreading, pubescent, and pink-lavender in color. The corolla is campanulate in shape with the lobes shorter than the tube. The throat of the corolla is densely pubescent at the base of the two upper corolla lobes. The throat of the corolla has two yellow lines and round rose-purple spots. The fruit is a capsule with many small seed.--A. Diamond

**

Native

**