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Morphology
- Stem
- Usually branched, sometimes simple, nearly glabrous or scabrous.
- Leaves
- Cauline, opposite or sometimes alternate on branches, simple, sessile, linear, .4 to 1.4 inch long, .02 to .06 inch wide, scabrous, margins entire.
- Inflorescence
- Terminal, racemes. Pedicels slender, spreading to ascending, .2 to 1.4 inch.
- Flower
- Calyx top-shaped to hemispheric, .16 to .2 inch, lobes triangular-lanceolate, shorter than calyx tube; corolla pink to light purple with 2 yellow lines and dark pink spots in throat, .4 to .6 inch, throat villous internally; lobes 5, spreading; stamens 4, 2 longer than others; filaments and anthers villous; pistil 1; style 1; stigma 1.
- Fruit
- Capsules globose, .16 to .2 inch; seeds tan, angular, tiny.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Openings in oak-hickory forests and woodlands; dry tallgrass prairies, glades.
- Distribution
- East 1/5 of Kansas
Additional Notes
Comments
Agalinis very much and flax, alluding to resemblance of some plants to flax and gattingeri for botanist Augustin Gattingeri.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Orobanchaceae - Broomrape Family
- Life Span
- Annual
- Height
- 4-24 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2016-12-02
Color Groups
Blue, Purple, Lavender & Violet Wildflowers
Pink, Red & Orange Wildflowers
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Blooms: August, September