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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Orobanchaceae

SPECIES

Agalinis - [maps | photos]

  • Agalinis auriculata (Michx.) Blake (TN Endangered)
    Common Name: earleaf false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia auriculata Michx.
             • Tomanthera auriculata (Michx.) Raf.
  • Agalinis fasciculata (Ell.) Raf.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
    Common Name: beach false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia fasciculata Ell.
             • Gerardia gattingeri Small
  • Agalinis heterophylla (Nutt.) Small ex Britton (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
    Common Name: prairie false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia heterophylla Nutt.
  • Agalinis obtusifolia Raf. (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: tenlobe false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia obtusifolia (Raf.) Pennell
             • Gerardia decemloba Greene
             • Agalinis decemloba (Greene) Pennell
  • Agalinis oligophylla Pennell (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: ridgestem false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia pseudaphylla (Pennell) Pennell
             • Agalinis pseudaphylla (Pennell) Shinners
  • Agalinis plukenetii (Ell.) Raf. (TN Endangered)
    Common Name: Chattahoochee false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia plukenetii Ell.
             • Gerardia gatesii (Benth.) Pennell
  • Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
    Common Name: purple false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia purpurea L.
  • Agalinis setacea (J.F. Gmel.) Raf. (TN Special Concern)
    Common Name: threadleaf false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia setacea J.F. Gmel.
  • Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl) Raf.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: slenderleaf false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl

Aureolaria - [maps | photos]

  • Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw.
    Common Name: smooth yellow false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia flava L.
             • Gerardia laevigata Raf.
  • Aureolaria patula (Chapman) Pennell (TN Special Concern)
    Common Name: spreading yellow false foxglove
    Synonyms:
             • Gerardia patula (Chapman) Gray
             • Gerardia pectinata (Nutt.) Benth.
             • Gerardia virginica (L.) B.S.P.

Buchnera - [maps | photos]

Castilleja - [maps | photos]

  • Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: scarlet Indian paintbrush

Conopholis - [maps | photos]

Dasistoma - [maps | photos]

             • Seymeria macrophylla Nutt.

Epifagus - [maps | photos]

Melampyrum - [maps | photos]

  • Melampyrum lineare Desr.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: narrowleaf cow wheat

Orobanche - [maps | photos]

  • Orobanche uniflora L. (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: oneflowered broomrape

Pedicularis - [maps | photos]

  • Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
    Common Name: swamp lousewort

Schwalbea - [maps | photos]

  • Schwalbea americana L. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: chaffseed

Seymeria - [maps | photos]

  • Seymeria cassioides (J.F. Gmel.) S.F. Blake (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: yaupon black senna

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee
All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.

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