Agalinis setacea (J.F.Gmel.) Raf.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Scrophulariaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Agalinis setacea (J.F.Gmel.) Raf.

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems 1.5–7 dm, slender, with many ascending branches; lvs glabrous or nearly so (as also the stem), narrowly linear or setaceous, usually under 1 mm wide; pedicels widely divergent, 1–3 cm; cal-tube 2–3 mm, the lobes minute, 0.2–0.5 mm; cor 1.5–2.5 mm, its upper lip spreading, hairy across the base of the lobes within; pollen-sacs 2–2.5 mm; fr globose, 3–4 mm; seeds dark; 2n=28. Dry sandy soil on the coastal plain and adj. piedmont; L.I. to Ala. (Gerardia s.)

  • Common Names

    thread-agalinis