Perennials. Stems branched, 4–22 dm, glabrous, glaucescent. Leaves: petiole 7–25 mm; blade lanceolate, 60–160 x 12–60 mm, margins pinnatifid or basal leaves 2-pinnatifid, rarely entire, surfaces glabrous. Bracts leaflike, 10–48 x 2–5 mm, margins entire or pinnatifid. Pedicels 7–12 mm, glabrous. Flowers: calyx glabrous, tube campanulate, 4–8 mm, lobes linear to narrowly deltate, 4–7 x 1–2 mm, margins entire; corolla tube 25–38 mm, glabrous, lobes 5–9 x 6–15 mm; filaments 12–26 mm, glabrous; style 27–31 mm. Capsules ovoid to pyriform, 11–13 x 9–11 mm, glabrous. 2n = 24.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Oak or oak-pine woods, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–1500 m.

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Despite the nuanced variation within this broadly distributed species recognized at both the varietal and subspecific ranks by F. W. Pennell (1935), R. P. Wunderlin (1998) recognized a broad Aureolaria flava with no varietal designations; that concept is followed here.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.