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Photographer: Marcie O'Connor
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl) Raf.
common agalinis, common false foxglove
Agalinis: "remarkable flax" in botanical Latin.
tenuifolia: with finely-divided, slender leaves
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 8"-24" tall forb, dark green, blackish when dry, many erect branches; stems smooth |
| Flower: | purple to pink, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long, smooth inside, upper lobe arched forward over the 4 stamens the lower stamens longer; inflorescence a cluster (raceme) of flowers on 1/3"-1" long stalks; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | roundish capsule,  |
| Leaf: | linear to 1/4" wide |
| Habitat: | moist; shores, meadows; in marly, peaty, sandy soil |
| Notes: | partially parasitic |
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