Aureolaria pedicularia (Fernleaf yellow false foxglove)

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Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf.

Fernleaf yellow false foxglove, northern oak-leach

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Lamiales	Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
Family	Orobanchaceae	Broomrape family of parasitic plants
Genus	Aureolaria	“Golden”
Species	pedicularia	From Latin pedicularis, “lice” (Why lice?)

About plant names...

Fernleaf foxglove is a North American native. Fernleaf foxglove is never far from oaks, typically white oaks, the roots of which they parasitize, obtaining some of the water and nutrients they need in this manner.

Identification: Plants are 12-48" (30-121 cm) high, usually less than 24" (60 cm). Stems are moderately or densely hairy, and sticky. Leaves are finely dissected, very similar to those of ferns, 1-2" (3-6 cm) long, and opposite. They are medium green or purplish and lanceolate to somewhere between ovate and deltoid. Flowers resemble those of foxglove, like bells or trumpets tipped on their sides, on long straight upward-turned stalks. They are about 1" (3 cm) in size, and yellow, appearing from July to September. Fruits are ⅜-½" (1-1.3 cm) in size.

Online References:

Illinois Wildflowers

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Maine.gov’s Department of Conservation Maine Natural Areas Program

The Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site

The University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium

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8/7/2016 · Jeff Smith Trail, Jewett St., Pepperell, Massachusetts

8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Dynamite Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts
≈ 4 × 3½" (10 × 9.7 cm) ID is uncertain

8/7/2016 · Jeff Smith Trail, Jewett St., Pepperell, Massachusetts

8/12/2023 · Highlands Trail via Pismire Bluffs Trail, Raymond Community Forest, Raymond, Maine
≈ 5 × 8" (13 × 20 cm)

Aureolaria pedicularia description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 19 Aug 2023.

8/7/2016 · Jeff Smith Trail, Jewett St., Pepperell, Massachusetts

8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Dynamite Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts
≈ 5 × 3½" (12 × 8.6 cm) ID is uncertain

8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Dynamite Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 7.9 cm) ID is uncertain

8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
≈ 5 × 5" (12 × 12 cm)

8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Dynamite Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts
≈ 9 × 6" (22 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain

8/12/2023 · Highlands Trail via Pismire Bluffs Trail, Raymond Community Forest, Raymond, Maine
≈ 8 × 5" (20 × 13 cm)

8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 5" (15 × 12 cm)

8/12/2023 · Highlands Trail via Pismire Bluffs Trail, Raymond Community Forest, Raymond, Maine
≈ 7 × 4½" (18 × 12 cm)

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