Agalinis gattingeri (Small) Small

Stem Characteristics

Agalinis gattingeri is an annual plant species with upright, slender, hairless, round stems. Stems produce few to many branches at their upper ends.

Leaf Morphology

Its narrow-linear leaves are 10 to 34 mm long and 0.4 to 1 mm wide, and these leaves are shorter than the plant's pedicels.

Flower Appearance

Flowers are pinkish and tubular, 7 to 30 mm in length, with many red spots and two yellow lines on the lower lip. Flowers bloom from late summer through fall.

Flower Arrangement

Single flowers most often grow at the ends of branches, rather than directly from the main stem.

Flower Structure

Each five-lobed flower has two smaller upper lobes that are more joined together than the three larger lower lobes.

Seed and Capsule Traits

Its seed capsules are rounded, holding many yellow to tan seeds that are 0.5 to 1.2 mm long.

General Habitat

This species grows in drier areas of remnant prairies and alvar.

Minnesota Habitat Specifics

In Minnesota, it grows on dry, sunny, south-facing hillside prairies with rocky and sandy soils.