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Photographer: Stephen L. Solheim
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Aureolaria grandiflora (Benth.) Pennell var. pulchra Pennell
large-flowered yellow false foxglove
Aureolaria: golden
grandiflora: large-flowered
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect,perennial, 1 1/2' - 5' tall forb, widely branched, densely hairy; partially parasitic |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1 1/2"-2" long; irregular, spreading lobes widely rounded and shorter than the tube; solitary from the leaf axils on a short, stout, curved stalk abruptly turning upward; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | smooth, black, 1/2"-3/4" oval, pointed capsule,  |
| Leaf: | lower oval in outline, more or less deeply cut, 2 times twice-divided, upper becoming smaller toward the top |
| Habitat: | dry; upland woods |
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