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Agalinis skinneriana
Also called Skinner's Agalinis, Pale False Foxglove, Skinner’s Agalinis
Skinner's false foxglove is a small, hemiparasitic annual wildflower native to prairies and open woods in eastern North America. It is a difficult plant to grow at home because it needs a host plant and open, fire-maintained conditions.
Agalinis skinneriana is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common names Skinner's gerardia, Skinner's false foxglove and pale false foxglove. It is native to North America, where it occurs in Ontario south to Missouri and Louisiana.
This plant grows on prairies. It can also be found in woods, barrens, and thickets. It is associated with other plants such as Agalinis purpurea, Aletris farinosa, Andropogon gerardi, Aster ptarmicoides, Calopogon tuberosus, Liatris spicata, Lobelia kalmii, Pycnanthemum virginianum, and Solidago ohioensis The plant often grows in habitat maintained by a regime of periodic wildfire. Fire suppression is a threat to it.
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 skinneriana 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.
