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Species of plant
| Agalinis maritima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Agalinis |
| Species: | A. maritima |
| Binomial name | |
| Agalinis maritima (Rafinesque) Rafinesque | |
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Agalinis maritima, commonly called saltmarsh false foxglove, is an annual herbaceous plant. It is a halophytic, obligate wetland species found in the eastern Atlantic seaboard from Nova Scotia to Texas, extending further south towards the Lucayan Archipelago and the Greater Antilles.
Distribution
Agalinis maritima is found in coastal salt and brackish marshes, including mangrove swamps and salt flats. In Maine, it was most often found in high (upper) salt marsh where slight depressions have sparse vegetative cover and low competition from species such as Spartina patens.
Description
Sometimes confused with Agalinis purpurea, saltmarsh false foxglove can be recognized from its fleshy, obtuse leaves. It has pink or purple flowers arranged in short racemes; the blooms usually fall off within a day. It blooms in August and September. Agalinis maritima is a low-growing annual plant that reaches about 10 centimetres (3.9 in). It is usually branched from the base upwards with ascending branches.
It has a highly supported sister relationship Agalinis kingsii.
Conservation
Agalinis maritima is threatened in New York state and rare in Maine and New Hampshire. It is endangered by invasive phragmites and wetland destruction due to human development.
References
- "Agalinis maritima (Raf.) Raf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "Agalinis maritima". Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- Mold, Robert J. (2012-12-02). Ecology of Halophytes. Elsevier. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-323-14437-7.
- ^ Godfrey, Robert K.; Wooten, Jean W. (2011-07-01). Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Dicotyledons. University of Georgia Press. p. 667. ISBN 978-0-8203-4243-6.
- ^ St. John Vickery, Barbara; Vickery, Peter D. (1983). "Note on the Status of Agalinis Maritima (raf.) Raf. in Maine". Rhodora. 85 (842): 267–269. ISSN 0035-4902.
- "Agalinis maritima (saltmarsh agalinis): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ Latvis, Maribeth; Souza, Vinicius Castro; Tank, David C.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas E. (2024-07-24). "An Evolutionary Framework for Agalinis (Orobanchaceae; The False Foxgloves) Reveals a Rapid South American Radiation that Includes Esterhazya". Systematic Botany. 49 (2): 455–481. doi:10.1600/036364424X17095905880222. ISSN 0363-6445.
- ^ Elliman, Ted; Trust, Native Plant (2016-05-11). Wildflowers of New England. Timber Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-60469-740-7.
- Club, Torrey Botanical (1915). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. Torrey Botanical Club. p. 338.
- ^ "Seaside Agalinis Guide - New York Natural Heritage Program". guides.nynhp.org. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
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| Agalinis maritima |
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