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Orobanchaceae > Aureolaria (false foxglove)

Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
New Hanover Co., NC
23 Sep 2006

Statewide and common around forested habitats with oaks. This species is hemi-parasitic on the roots of oak trees.

Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
New Hanover Co., NC
23 Sep 2006

Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
New Hanover Co., NC
23 Sep 2006


Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
Weymouth Woods Paint Hill Tract, Moore Co., NC
7 Oct 2007
Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
Weymouth Woods Paint Hill Tract, Moore Co., NC
7 Oct 2007
Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
Weymouth Woods Paint Hill Tract, Moore Co., NC
7 Oct 2007
Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
Weymouth Woods Paint Hill Tract, Moore Co., NC
7 Oct 2007
Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
Weymouth Woods Paint Hill Tract, Moore Co., NC
7 Oct 2007
Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia) Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove, Northern Oak-leach (Aureolaria pedicularia)
Weymouth Woods Paint Hill Tract, Moore Co., NC
7 Oct 2007

Downy Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria virginica) Downy Yellow False Foxglove, Virginia Oak-leach (Aureolaria virginica)
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006

Statewide and fairly common in NC, this species grows in various woods where oaks grow and is hemi-parasitic on the roots of oaks.

Downy Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria virginica) Downy Yellow False Foxglove, Virginia Oak-leach (Aureolaria virginica)
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006

Aureolaria was formerly classified in the Scrophulariaceae.

Downy Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria virginica) Downy Yellow False Foxglove, Virginia Oak-leach (Aureolaria virginica)
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006



Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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