SLENDER FALSE FOXGLOVE
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Agalinis tenuifolia   (Vahl ) Raf.
Mon-Shon Prairie, Barton County, Missouri
Annual
Height: 4-24 inches
Family: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family
Flowering Period:   August, September,October
Stems: Erect, simple or with ascending branches, mostly glabrous, dark green, drying black.
Leaves: Opposite, sessile, entire, linear, .4 to 2.5 inches long, 1/25 to 1/5 inch wide, slightly rough with short, stiff-hairs or glabrous, dark green.
Inflorescences: Raceme, flowers borne singly in upper leaf axils; bracts leaf-like below, progressively reduced upwards.
Flowers: Stalks thread-like, 2/5 to 4/5 inch long, widely spreading to upward curving, glabrous; calyx bell-shaped, 1/10 to 1/5 inch long, 5-lobed; lobes broadly triangular, tips abruptly pointed; corolla weakly 2-lipped, 2/5 to 3/5 inch long, pink, magenta or pale purple, throat with purple or red spots; upper 2 lobes arched over anthers and stigma; lower 3 lobes spreading; margins of lobes fringed with hairs; stamens 4.
Fruits: Capsule, spherical, 1/6 to 1/4 inch long; seeds numerous, irregularly triangular, about 1/25 inch long, brown.
Habitat: Low prairies, borders of stream and ponds, roadside ditches, open woods, flood plains; moist soils.
Distribution: Principally east 2/3; scattered in west 1/3 of Kansas
Origin: Native
Uses: Native Americans took an infusion of slender false foxglove to treat diarrhea.
Comments: Slender false foxglove is fairly common and widespread. It is parasitic on the roots of a variety of host plants, including grasses, pussy-toes, gray goldenrod, western yarrow, wild strawberry, and tall anemone.

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