Aureolaria pectinata

(Nuttall) Pennell

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 414. 1913.

Common names: Combleaf yellow false foxglove
Endemic
Basionym: Gerardia pedicularia var. pectinata Nuttall Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 48. 1818
Synonyms: G. pectinata (Nuttall) Bentham
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 556.

Annuals. Stems branched, 3–12 dm, densely white-villous, glandular-pubescent. Leaves: petiole 1–8 mm; blade lanceolate, (5–) 10–50 x 6–26 mm, margins 2-pinnatifid, sometimes undivided or basal less deeply incised, glandular-pubescent. Bracts leaflike, 10–16 x 4–10 mm, margins pinnatifid to 2-pinnatifid. Pedicels 5–20 mm, villous, glandular-pubescent. Flowers: calyx villous and glandular-pubescent, tube campanulate, 3–8 mm, lobes linear, 7–15 x 1–3 mm, margins pinnatifid; corolla-tube 25–40 mm, gibbous, floccose, lobes 7–11 x 6–15 mm; filaments 12–18 mm, ciliate; style 30–50 mm. Capsules pyriform, 11–15 x 5–7 mm, hispid.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy soils, oak-pine scrubs.
Elevation: 0–700 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Aureolaria pectinata was treated at species rank by F. W. Pennell; some authors have included it within A. pedicularia (for example, R. P. Wunderlin 1998). Although A. pectinata and A. pedicularia bear a close resemblance, they can be separated reliably and recognized as species. While Pennell (1935) recognized four infraspecific taxa, these were distinguished on subtle characteristics that are difficult to discern on herbarium specimens (for example, distal leaves and bracts not excessively smaller versus distal leaves and bracts excessively smaller). No infraspecific taxa are recognized here.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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Jeffery J. Morawetz +
(Nuttall) Pennell +
Gerardia pedicularia var. pectinata +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
not fleshy +  and leathery +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent;villous +
turbinate +, campanulate +  and symmetric +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Combleaf yellow false foxglove +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
campanulate +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0–700 m. +
ciliate +  and glabrous +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Sandy soils, oak-pine scrubs. +
axillary +  and terminal +
deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
lanceolate +, linear +  and deltate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
pinnatifid +  and 2-pinnatifid +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
glandular-pubescent;villous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
brown;blackish +
300 +  and 500 +
ovoid +  and deltoid +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
glandular-pubescent +  and white-villous +
not fleshy +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
G. pectinata +
Aureolaria pectinata +
Aureolaria +
species +
campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +