Veronica SCROPHULARIACEAE Gerardia 



V. hederaefolia L. 



Infrequent; wayside banks and waste places in the Piedmont 

 province. April, May. Nat. from Europe. 



Aureolaria Raf. Yellow Foxglove. 



A. virginica (L.) Pennell. (Gerardia flava of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 

 Downy False Foxglove. 



Frequent in rocky oak woods of the Piedmont, and under oaks 

 in open sandy woods of the Coastal Plain, southward to Worcester 

 County. July, early Aug. 



A. flava (L.) Farwell. {Gerardia quercifolia Pursh.) Smooth 

 False Foxglove. 



Infrequent in dry oak woods in the valley of Brandywine Creek 

 (NC); occasional on the Coastal Plain: thicket 13^ mi. w. of Ocean 

 City (Wo), R. R. Tatnall, 1602, 4 Sept. 1932 (T). Late July to 

 Sept. 



Ssp. reticulata (Raf.) Pennell. 



One collection: sandy soil, Laurel (S), H. R. Baker, 15 Sept. 

 1926 (UD). 



A. pedicularia (L.) Raf. 



Infrequent; in oak woods, Piedmont province of New Castle 

 County, and in Sussex County. Aug., Sept. 



Gerardia (L.) Bentham. (Agalinis Raf.) 

 G. linifolia Nutt. 



Known only from Ellendale (S) : upland meadows, Canhy, Aug. 

 1874 (A), and Aug. 1891 (D); moist sand, Commons, 26 Aug. 1897 

 (A); C. S. Williamson, 29 Aug. 1908 (A, P). 



Here reaching its northern limit. 



G. purpurea L. Large Purple Gerardia. 



Common on borders of salt marshes, and in meadows and fields 

 of the interior, from the Fall Line to the Virginia boundary. Late 

 Aug., Sept. 



G. maritima Raf. 



Frequent in salt marshes and meadows along the coasts of the 

 Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, from Accomac County 



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