Agalinis purpurea

Purple False Foxglove

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Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: August - October
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: September - November

Purple False Foxglove has bright rose-purple flowers with yellow-lined corolla throats. The flowers are held up by pedicels that are less than 1.5 times as long as their calyx and it has green leaves, which makes it readily distinguished from Slender False Foxglove (Agalinis tenuifolia).

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