Aphyllon vallicola

Family: Orobanchaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Aphyllon vallicola is a native perennial herb found in riparian woodland habitats at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces yellow to pink flowers with delicate pink veins, approximately 17 to 30 millimeters long with strongly recurved lobes. Growing 8 to 40 centimeters tall with stout stems that are yellow with a rosy tinge and glandular-puberulent, it has a thickened base and can be single or multiple-branched. Its flower structure features a pale or pinkish calyx 8 to 15 millimeters long and distinctive flower lips 5 to 9 millimeters in length with narrowly acute lobes that curve dramatically in mature stages. The plant's unique stem coloration and intricate flower structure make it a distinctive inhabitant of low-elevation riparian environments.

Habitat: Riparian woodland, on

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: < 300 m

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