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Tenlobe false foxglove

Agalinis obtusifolia

Tenlobe false foxglove is a slender annual wildflower of the eastern and southeastern US coastal plain, known for pink, purple or rarely white flowers. It is a partial root parasite on nearby herbaceous plants, so it is grown as a native wildflower in open, sunny, moist-to-dry habitats rather than as a typical garden plant.

Family
Orobanchaceae (Orobanch family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil lightly moist during growth; it tolerates periods of dryness once established.
Soil
Sandy or peaty, acidic, low-fertility soil; poor soil suits it.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; protect seedlings from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pennsylvania to SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Agalinis obtusifolia, commonly known as tenlobe false foxglove, is an annual plant native to the southeast region of the United States of America. It is considered to be parasitic to the roots of herbaceous species.

Where it grows

This species can be found across the United States' Coastal Plain region, its range stretching from Delaware to Florida and westward to Louisiana. There exist some disjunct populations within the states of Tennessee and Kentucky.

Other Agalinis plants

Sandplain false foxglove · Tall false foxglove · Earleaf 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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agalinis obtusifolia 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.

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