Largeflower Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria grandiflora)
Description
The false foxglove is named for its narrow, bell-shaped blossoms, which resemble those of the foxglove. It is a somewhat sprawling plant, growing to 5 feet tall, usually lower. Stems are often single, sometimes several from the base, slender, much-branched. Stems and leaves are smooth; leaves lack teeth or lobes (except perhaps the lower ones), and they taper to a sharp point. The flowers are 1 1/5-1 1/2 inches long on flower stems 1/8 inch long or more. The yellow bell flares into 5 almost equal lobes, the upper 2 joined for over half their length; the lower lip is 3-lobed. The plant grows as a parasite on oak trees along streams and in marshy areas (248).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Orobanchaceae
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Genus: Aureolaria
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