Agalinis tenuifolia (Slender-leaved False Foxglove)
Growing in a partially filled drainage ditch in an old cranberry bed. The soil is saturated peaty sand. The elongate peduncles (stalks bearing the flowers) that are more than 10 mm help to separate this species from the similar Agalinis purpurea with peduncles less than 8 mm.
''Agalinis tenuifolia'', known by the common names common gerardia, slender false foxglove or common false foxglove, is an annual forb native to the eastern and southwestern United States, and Canada, which produces purple flowers in late summer or early fall.
Similar species: Lamiales
By Gary B
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Uploaded Sep 10, 2020. Captured Sep 10, 2020 12:40 in 409 Old 24, Hayward, WI 54843, USA.