Agalinis purpurea var. parviflora

(Bentham) B. Boivin

Phytologia 22: 337. 1972.

Endemic
Basionym: Gerardia purpurea var. parviflora Bentham Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 208. 1836
Synonyms: Agalinis paupercula (A. Gray) Britton A. paupercula var. borealis Pennell G. paupercula (A. Gray) Britton G. paupercula subsp. borealis (Pennell) Pennell G. purpurea var. paupercula A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 552. Mentioned on page 551.

Stems 7–60 cm; branches ascending. Flowers: calyx-tube 2–3.5 mm; corolla 9–20 mm, lobes projecting to spreading, 2.5–5 (–6) mm; distal anthers included or exserted, oblique or perpendicular to filaments, pollen-sacs 0.9–2 mm; style included or slightly exserted.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Moist sandy, clay, or peaty soils at margins of ponds, lakes, streams, bogs, freshwater or brackish marshes, ditches, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–300 m.

Distribution

Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., D.C., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Vt., Wis.

Discussion

Plants of var. purpurea are shorter and less branched in the northernmost part of their range, and the flowers are not notably smaller. In the Great Lakes region, New England states, and neighboring areas of Canada, var. parviflora has smaller, narrower corollas with included stamens and style, and ascending branches. Length and form of the calyx lobes are of no value for differentiation of varieties within Agalinis purpurea.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
erect +  and reflexed +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
rounded +  and gibbous +
Judith M. Canne-Hilliker† +  and John F. Hays +
(Bentham) B. Boivin +
Gerardia purpurea var. parviflora +
fleshy +, rigid +  and not leathery +
scabridulous to sparsely scabrous +  and glabrate +
quadrangular-ridged +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
tubular-campanulate +  and hemispheric +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
bilabiate +  and symmetric +
red spots +, pink +  and rosy pink +
subrotate +, cylindric +, club--shaped +, salverform +, campanulate +  and tubular +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
perpendicular +  and oblique +
exserted +  and included +
Man. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +  and Wis. +
0–300 m. +
glabrate +  and lanate +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Moist sandy, clay, or peaty soils at margins of ponds, lakes, streams, bogs, freshwater or brackish marshes, ditches, roadsides. +
axillary +  and terminal +
alternate +, subopposite +  and opposite +
deciduous +
spreading +  and ascending +
yellow;yellow;yellow +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
projecting +  and spreading +
not keeled +, triangular-subulate +, lanceolate +  and triangular +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate +  and linear +
not fleshy +
0.5mm;4mm +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate +  and linear +
not fleshy +
0.5mm;4mm +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
spikelike +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
spreading-ascending +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Sep. +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
perpendicular +, oblique +  and distal +
spikelike +
dark-brown +
60 +  and 600 +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
subequal +
branched +  and simple +
aerial +  and subterranean +
leaning +  and erect +
sericeous +, glabrate +, hispid +  and glabrous +
papillate +  and scabridulous +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
exserted +  and included +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate;linear +
not fleshy +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
Agalinis paupercula +, A. paupercula var. borealis +, G. paupercula +, G. paupercula subsp. borealis +  and G. purpurea var. paupercula +
Agalinis purpurea var. parviflora +
Agalinis purpurea +
variety +
campanulate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (3.6 cm36 mm <br />0.036 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +