Agalinis neoscotica

Agalinis neoscotica
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific 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

Agalinis neoscotica is an annual herb, growing up to 18 in (0.46 m) tall.[4] It has a "mixed" mating strategy and is able to delay self-pollinating germination.[5] It has simple leaves which are which are opposite in arrangement.[4]

Distribution and habitat

Agalinis neoscotica is found in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as well as Grand Manan Island and Sable Island. It also occurs in Washington county, Maine in the United States.[6] Its habitats include bogs, brackish or salt marshes and flats, coastal beaches, fresh tidal marshes or flats, and wetland margins.[7]

References

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. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
5. 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.
6. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
7. "Agalinis neoscotica (Nova Scotia agalinis): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10.

Further reading

• Stewart, Heather (1994). Reproductive biology and developmental morphology of Agalinis neoscotica, Scrophulariaceae (Thesis). University of Guelph. ISBN 9780315907256. Retrieved 6 January 2025.