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Agalinis auriculata
Earleaf false foxglove is a hemiparasitic annual wildflower native to the eastern and central US, grown for its purple, spotted flowers. It is a vulnerable species in the wild, and it needs soil disturbance and a host plant to thrive.
Agalinis auriculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known as earleaf false foxglove, auriculate false foxglove, and earleaf gerardia. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs from New Jersey west to Minnesota and throughout most southern states.
This plant has a wide geographical distribution and it was formerly more common than it is today. It appears to require soil disturbance for seed germination. In the past, this disturbance may have been caused by herds of bison. The plant can colonize mounds of earth that have been turned over by pocket gophers (Geomys bursarius).
Sandplain false foxglove · Tall false foxglove · Pineland false foxglove · Plateau false foxglove · Beach false foxglove · Seminole false foxglove · Roundstem false foxglove · Prairie false foxglove · Agalinis itambensis · Agalinis kingsii · Flaxleaf false foxglove · Saltmarsh false foxglove
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agalinis auriculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
