Definition of Gerardia virginica

1. Noun. Sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia.

Exact synonyms: Aureolaria Virginica, False Foxglove
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Aureolaria, Genus Aureolaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerardia Virginica

Gerald R. Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Geraldine
Geraniaceae
Geraniales
Geranium maculatum
Geranium molle
Geranium pratense
Geranium richardsonii
Geranium robertianum
Geranium viscosissimum
Gerard
Gerard Depardieu
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerardia pedicularia
Gerardia virginica (current term)
Gerardus Mercator
Gerbera
Gerbera jamesonii
Gerbich antigen
Gerbillus
Gerbode defect
Gerda
Gerdy's fibres
Gerdy's fontanel
Gerdy's hyoid fossa
Gerdy's interatrial loop
Gerdy's ligament
Gerdy's tubercle
Gerea

Literary usage of Gerardia virginica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"P; Gerardia virginica (L.) BSP F • Buchnera americana L. Blue-hearts Herbaceous biennial Moist, sandy ground. Parasitic on the roots of other plants. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"This is the Gerardia virginica (L.) BSP. of Gray. Agalinis pin-purea (L.) Britton. Large purple agalinis. No. 574. (Gerardia purpurea L.) Agalinis ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"... by several ill-defined varieties, to be characterized in the writer's monograph of this group. This species has been known as "Gerardia virginica" and ..."

4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"... is the "yellow foxglove" or "downy false foxglove" and Gerardia virginica is the "smooth false foxglove" or "golden oak". The last mentioned name refers ..."

5. Bulletin (1910)
"Downy Yellow or False Foxglove. Frequent. Dry woods and thickets. July — Sept. Gerardia virginica (L.) BSP. Gerardia quercifolia Pursh. ..."

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