Aureolaria

Aureolaria, with the common name false foxgloves, is a genus of 8 species, native to North America.^[1][2]

Aureolaria
Aureolaria pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Tribe:	Pedicularideae
Genus:	Aureolaria Raf.
Species
Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw. Aureolaria grandiflora (Benth.) Pennell Aureolaria greggii (S.Watson) Pennell Aureolaria levigata (Raf.) Raf. Aureolaria patula (Chapm.) Pennell Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell

Aureolaria plants are hemiparasitic, which is a character that in part describes the family Orobanchaceae.

Until recently the genus was aligned with members of the family Scrophulariaceae. As a result of numerous molecular phylogenetic studies based on various chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) loci, it was shown to be more closely related to members of the Orobanchaceae.^[3]

Species

• Aureolaria flava
• Aureolaria grandiflora
• Aureolaria greggii
• Aureolaria levigata
• Aureolaria patula
• Aureolaria pectinata
• Aureolaria pedicularia
• Aureolaria virginica