Orobanchaceae
Downy yellow false foxglove
Aureolaria virginica
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Aureolaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Downy yellow false foxglove
Synonyms
- Agalinis glauca (Eddy) S.F.Blake
- Agalinis virginica (L.) S.F.Blake
- Aureolaria dispersa (Small) Pennell
- Aureolaria glauca Raf.
- Aureolaria microcarpa Pennell
- Dasistoma dispersa Small
- Dasistoma dispersum Small
- Dasistoma quercifolia (Pursh) Benth.
- Dasistoma quercifolia var. integrifolia Benth.
- Dasistoma quercifolia var. intermedia Benth.
- Dasistoma quercifolium (Pursh) Benth.
- Dasistoma quercifolium var. intermedium Benth.
- Dasistoma virginica (L.) Britton
- Dasistoma virginicum (L.) Britton
- Gerardia dispersa (Small) Cory
- Gerardia dispersa (Small) K.Schum.
- Gerardia glauca Eddy
- Gerardia quercifolia Pursh
- Gerardia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Rhinanthus virginicus L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peyton Phelps, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karen Burns Ball, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Niyan Shehan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Walton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chad LaPierre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krystal Veverka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bev Short, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Cumper, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.