| Scientific Name | Agalinis purpurea | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Snapdragon ( Scrophulariaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 petaled, 2 lipped corollas
Upright to sprawling. Up to 4 feet but usually much shorter. Stem solitary at base but extensively branched in upper part. Branches slender, wide-spreading and wiry. Flower 2-3 cm long. Petals 5, reddish purple to pale pink. Usually lined with yellow and spotted with purple. United short tubular with 5 unequal flaring lobes at rim. Flowers from upper leave axils. Leaves to 4 cm long to 8 mm wide. Opposite. Stalkless. Occasionally with clusters of tiny leaves in axils. The flowers are frequently visted by various insects, especially bees and butterflys. The plant is a major food source of the fall broods of the buckeye butterfly larva. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 248 Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 473 | |||||||||||||
August - November
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