MULLEIN FOXGLOVE
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Dasistoma macrophylla (Nutt. ) Raf.
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| Johnson County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 3-7 feet |
| Family: Orobanchaceae - Broomrape Family |
| Flowering Period: July, August, September |
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| Stems: | | Erect, branched, finely-pubescent. | | Leaves: | | Opposite, lower broadly ovate in outline, 6 to 14 inches long, 3.2 to 8.8 inches wide, deeply pinnately cleft or twice pinnately-compound; divisions broadly lanceolate, margins toothed; upper leaves reduced in size, becoming lanceolate, sometimes entire. | | Inflorescences: | | Raceme, elongate, spike-like; flowers in leaf axils, stalks short, club-shaped; bracts leaf-like, opposite. | | Flowers: | | Calyx bell-shaped, 1/4 to 2/5 inch long, 5-lobed; lobes egg-shaped, to 1/5 inch long; corolla narrowly bell-shaped, 3/5 inch long, yellow, weakly 2-lipped, tube densely soft-hairy within; lobes 5, nearly equal, widely spreading, broadly rounded, 1/5 to 1/4 inch long; stamens 4, arranged in 2 sets; filaments bearded; stigma 2-lobed. | | Fruits: | | Capsule, rounded, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, veiny, dark brown; seeds numerous, angular, 1/10 inch long, dark brown. | | Habitat: | | Rich, moist woodlands, stream banks, thickets, and rocky slopes. | | Distribution: | | East 1/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | The corolla usually lasts only about a day. Mullein foxglove is partially parasitic on the roots of elm, buckeye and other trees. |
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| Mullein foxglove inflorescence |  | | 70 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
| | Mullein foxglove corolla and calyx |  | | 51 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
| | Mullein foxglove |  | | 86 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
| | Mullein foxglove |  | | 135 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
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| | Mullein foxglove leaves |  | | 68 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
| | Mullein foxglove calyx |  | | 56 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
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