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Agalinis purpurea
Upright to sprawling annual. Stem solitary, commonly angled, much branched in upper part, with branches slender, wiry, and wide-spreading. Reddish purple to pale pink basally lined with yellow, spotted with purple and bearded, united short tubular with 5 unequal, flaring lobes at rim.
Bittern Marsh Trail in Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area.
A decoction of the roots of this semiparasitic plant was once used medicinally.
Spotted on Sep 12, 2012
Submitted on Sep 19, 2012
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