Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Gerardia laevigata (=Aureolaria laevigata)

Common Name:

Gerardia, Smooth False Foxglove

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Perennial

Buds and Blooms

The fat yellow buds are very noticeable. It is easy to see why it is called a "false foxglove" - even though it really doesn't look like Digitalis grandiflora at all!

Gerardia blooms and buds

Black Mountain, October 2002
© MB Baumeister

Foliage

Note the difference in the leaves. The plant pictured here is about 30 inches, base to stem tip.

foliage

Black Mountain, October 2002
© MB Baumeister

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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