Orobanchaceae
Slenderleaf false foxglove
Agalinis tenuifolia
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Agalinis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 細葉假毛地黃, 细叶假毛地黄
- English
- Slenderleaf false foxglove
Synonyms
- Agalinis besseyana (Britton) Britton
- Agalinis tenuifolia f. albiflora House
- Agalinis tenuifolia var. leucanthera (Raf.) Pennell
- Agalinis tenuifolia var. macrophylla (Benth.) S.F.Blake
- Agalinis tenuifolia var. parviflora (Nutt.) Pennell
- Agalinis tenuifolia var. polyphylla (Small) Pennell
- Aureolaria tenuifolia (Vahl) Farw.
- Aureolaria tenuifolia var. albiflora (Britton) Farw.
- Aureolaria tenuifolia var. macrophylla (Benth.) Farw.
- Chytra anomala C.F.Gaertn.
- Gerardia besseyana Britton
- Gerardia chytra Steud.
- Gerardia erecta Walter
- Gerardia filiformis Raf. ex Benth.
- Gerardia leucanthera Raf.
- Gerardia macrophylla Benth.
- Gerardia polyphylla Small
- Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl
- Gerardia tenuifolia f. albiflora Britton
- Gerardia tenuifolia subsp. leucanthera Pennell
- Gerardia tenuifolia subsp. parviflora (Nutt.) Pennell
- Gerardia tenuifolia subsp. polyphylla (Small) Pennell
- Gerardia tenuifolia subsp. typica Pennell
- Gerardia tenuifolia var. filiformis Benth.
- Gerardia tenuifolia var. humilis Benth.
- Gerardia tenuifolia var. leptophylla Benth.
- Gerardia tenuifolia var. leucanthera (Raf.) Shinners
- Gerardia tenuifolia var. parviflora Nutt.
- Gerardia tenuifolia var. polyphylla (Small) Shinners
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lisa H, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Doug McGrady from Warwick, RI, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug McGrady from Warwick, RI, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.