Flower ID: IMG_9065.JPG-08-27-2023 Flower name (scientific): Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl) Rafinesque PY: 1837. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ag-uh-LY-nus ten-yoo-ih-FOH-lee-uh Flower name (common): Slender-leaved False Foxglove Family name (common): Broomrape Family name (scientific): Orobanchaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek aga meaning much or very and Linum, possibly referring to the similarity of the leaves and stems. Also suggested as meaning remarkable flax. Specific epithet: Latin meaning with slender leaves. Common name origin: The first part comes from the narrow leaves and the second part comes from its similarity to the foxglove flowers, though it is not a member of the foxglove genus Penstemon, hence the false label. Flower description: Size: 0.3 to 0.5 inches (8 to 13 mm). About 8 mm wide and 13 mm long. Petal count: 5 Color: pink Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 8 to 24 inches (20 to 61 cm) Stem hairy: glabrous. Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple Size: leaves are 2 to 5 cm long and less than about 3 mm wide. Color: Green with sometimes a purplish to reddish purple coloration. Hairy: Hairless with the adaxial surface scabrous. Other: Shape: leaf, narrowly linear to linear-lanceolate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): August to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Woodland borders, wet meadows, moist to mesic prairies, stream and pond margins, sandy soil, sun. Fruit: A globular capsule about 4 to 7 mm across. Seed: About 0.5 to 1.5 mm long and brown colored. Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Agalinis aspera (Rough False Foxglove) and Agalinis purpurea (Purple False Foxglove) are similar to Agalinis tenuifolia. The pedicel length can help ID A. tenuifolia; it is 6 to 25 mm for this species, typically 1 to 5 mm for A. purpurea and 4 to 20 mm for A. aspera. The adaxial leaf surface is scabrous for A. aspera, which can aid in the identification of this species. The name Agalinis paupercula (Small-flower False Foxglove) is regared as as a synonym of Agalinis purpurea var. parviflora. Ethnobotany: The Meskwaki prepared a tea from this plant which they use as an antidiarrheal (Smith, pp. 246-247, 1928). Smith uses the old synonym name Gerardia tenuifolia for this plant. Latitude: 44.799955 Longitude: -91.511340 Altitude: 262.10 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY) In Canada: (MB, NB, ON, QC) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 79, 1794. Homotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 3 homotypic synonyms for this species. Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 24 heterotypic synonyms for this species. Autonym: na