Agalinis neoscotica
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}}
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| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| genus = Agalinis
| species = neoscotica
| authority = (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.{{Cite journal |last1=Stewart |first1=Heather M. |last2=Canne-Hilliker |first2=Judith M. |date=1998 |title=Floral Development of Agalinis neoscotica, Agalinis paupercula var. Borealis, and Agalinis purpurea (Scrophulariaceae): Implications for Taxonomy and Mating System |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/297561 |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |language=en |volume=159 |issue=3 |pages=418–439 |doi=10.1086/297561 |issn=1058-5893}}{{Cite book |last=Haines |first=Arthur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RKKWVwC_sdoC |title=New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England |date=2011-11-08 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-17154-9 |pages=690 |language=en}}
Description
Agalinis neoscotica is an annual herb, growing up to {{Convert|18|in|m|abbr=on}} tall.{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AGNE5 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=www.wildflower.org}} It has a "mixed" mating strategy and is able to delay self-pollinating germination.{{Cite book |last=Kercher |first=Suzanne Marie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ClZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Agalinis%20neoscotica%22%20-wikipedia |title=A Study of Populations of the Rare Annual Agalinis Skinneriana (wood) Britton [Scrophulariaceae] in Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois |date=1997 |publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison |pages=13 |language=en}} It has simple leaves which are which are opposite in arrangement.
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.{{Cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144286/Agalinis_neoscotica |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=explorer.natureserve.org}} Its habitats include bogs, brackish or salt marshes and flats, coastal beaches, fresh tidal marshes or flats, and wetland margins.{{Cite web |title=Agalinis neoscotica (Nova Scotia agalinis): Go Botany |url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/agalinis/neoscotica/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite thesis |last=Stewart |first=Heather |title=Reproductive biology and developmental morphology of Agalinis neoscotica, Scrophulariaceae. |date=1994 |access-date=6 January 2025 |publisher=University of Guelph |url=https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/services/services-libraries/theses/Pages/item.aspx?idNumber=46535029 |isbn=9780315907256}}
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