Flora of North America species comparison

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Gratiola ebracteata

bractless hedge-hyssop, common hedge hyssop
Habit Annuals.
Stems

decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or few-branched, (5–)15–22 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent distally.
Leaves

blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 7–20(–32) × 1.5–5(–7) mm, margins entire, rarely with 1 or 2 pairs of teeth distally, apex acuminate to attenuate, surfaces glabrate or glandular-pubescent.
Pedicels

stout, (3–)7–25 mm, length 0.5–2.5 times bract, glabrous or obscurely glandular-pubescent distally;

bracteoles 0.
Flowers

sepals distinct, lanceolate, (4–)7–11 mm;

calyx slightly bilaterally symmetric;

corolla 5–8(–10) mm, tube yellowish green or yellow, veins purple, limb white to pinkish white;

style 2–3 mm.
Capsules

subglobular, 3–6 × 3.5–5 mm.
Seeds

0.4–0.9 mm.

Gratiola ebracteata
Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep(–Nov).
Habitat Muddy to sandy stream banks, pond and lake shorelines, shallow water, wet meadows, vernal pools.
Elevation 0–2100 m. (0–6900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 266.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Gratiola
Sibling taxa
G. amphiantha, G. brevifolia, G. floridana, G. graniticola, G. heterosepala, G. lutea, G. neglecta, G. quartermaniae, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana, G. viscidula
Name authority Bentham ex A. de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 595. (1846)
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