Agalinis laxa

Agalinis laxa

Found in longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 5 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Agalinis

Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
Endothenia hebesanaVerbena Bud Moth
Euphydryas phaetonThe Baltimore, The Black Checker
Junonia neildiMangrove Buckeye
Junonia zonalisCaribbean Buckeye, Tropical Buckeye, Florida Buckeye, Smoky Buckeye
Pyrrhia aurantiagoOrange Sallow, False Foxglove Sun Moth

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

27BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Agalinis

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Agalinis

Anthophorula micheneri
Perdita gerardiae

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: OROBANCHACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNR
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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