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Navasota False Foxglove (Agalinis navasotensis)

Agalinis navasotensis in bloom in situ in Texas.

Photo Credit: Eric Keith

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Orobanchaceae
State: TX
Nature Serve ID: 136667
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

An annual herb from a few fibrous roots, 2.8-9.0 dm tall. Leaves are thread-like, usually 1.2-3 cm long. Flowers are lavender to rose-purple, bilaterally symetric, pikose externally, usually 1.6-2.5 cm long including flower tube and the five spreading to reflexed lobes. Collected in bloom in the fall (September to October).

Where is Navasota False Foxglove (Agalinis navasotensis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

In full sun on the shallow soil of the easternmost outcrop of the Oakville Formation (a Miocene sandstone with large amounts of shell fragments). Canne-Hilliker and Dubrule (1993) describe the outcrop as a distinct island surrounded by a sea of Post Oak Savannah, Blackland Prairie, and farmland of a river valley. The Tyler County site is on the Catahoula barrens in pine savanna.

Distribution:

Endemic to East Texas in Grimes and Tyler Counties.

States & Provinces:

Navasota False Foxglove can be found in Texas

Which CPC Partners conserve Navasota False Foxglove (Agalinis navasotensis)?

Mercer Botanic Gardens

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 08/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Known from one population of fewer than 500 individuals located on a sandstone outcrop in Grimes County, eastern Texas. Similar outcrops may harbor additional populations. The single known population is not protected, but there are no imminent threats known.