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Agalinis neoscotica

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Agalinis neoscotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Agalinis
Species:
A. neoscotica
Binomial name
Agalinis neoscotica
(Greene) Fernald

Agalinis neoscotica, commonly known as Nova Scotia false foxglove, is a species of false foxglove. It is found in southwestern Nova Scotia along the coastal plain and neighbouring islands and in the southeastern portion of Maine.[2][3]

Description

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Agalinis neoscotica is an annual species. It has a "mixed" mating strategy and is able to delay self-pollinating germination.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Centre, World Conservation Monitoring (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. IUCN. p. 548. ISBN 978-2-8317-0328-2.
  2. ^ Stewart, Heather M.; Canne-Hilliker, Judith M. (1998). "Floral Development of Agalinis neoscotica, Agalinis paupercula var. Borealis, and Agalinis purpurea (Scrophulariaceae): Implications for Taxonomy and Mating System". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 159 (3): 418–439. doi:10.1086/297561. ISSN 1058-5893.
  3. ^ Haines, Arthur (2011-11-08). New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England. Yale University Press. p. 690. ISBN 978-0-300-17154-9.
  4. ^ Kercher, Suzanne Marie (1997). A Study of Populations of the Rare Annual Agalinis Skinneriana (wood) Britton [Scrophulariaceae] in Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 13.

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