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bractless hedge-hyssop, common hedge hyssop

Short's hedge-hyssop

Habit Annuals. Perennials.
Stems

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

decumbent, ascending, or erect, simple, sometimes few-branched, (8–)15–60 cm, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent or glandular-pubescent proximally, 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.

blade lanceolate-ovate to ovate or oblong, rarely linear-lanceolate in submersed forms, 5–28 × 4–15 mm, margins with (3–)5–10(–12) pairs of sharp teeth, apex acute, rarely obtuse, surfaces sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent.

Pedicels

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

bracteoles 0.

slender, 10–23 mm, length 0.5–2 times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent;

bracteoles 2, 3.5–7 mm.

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.

sepals distinct, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 3–7 mm;

corolla 9–13 mm, tube yellowish brown, veins blue or lavender, limb white;

style 3–4 mm.

Capsules

subglobular, 3–6 × 3.5–5 mm.

globular, 1–2.5 × 1–2.5 mm.

Seeds

0.4–0.9 mm.

0.3–0.4 mm.

2n

= 16.

Gratiola ebracteata

Gratiola viscidula

Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep(–Nov). Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Muddy to sandy stream banks, pond and lake shorelines, shallow water, wet meadows, vernal pools. Bogs, wet meadows, floodplain wetlands, beaver ponds, stream banks, seeps, shores of ponds and lakes.
Elevation 0–2100 m. (0–6900 ft.) 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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DC; DE; FL; GA; KY; MD; NC; OH; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion

D. M. Spooner (1984) examined intraspecific variation in Gratiola viscidula and concluded that recognition of infraspecific taxa is not warranted.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 266. FNA vol. 17, p. 269.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Gratiola 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
G. amphiantha, G. brevifolia, G. ebracteata, G. floridana, G. graniticola, G. heterosepala, G. lutea, G. neglecta, G. quartermaniae, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana
Synonyms G. viscosa, G. viscidula subsp. shortii
Name authority Bentham ex A. de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 595. (1846) Pennell: Torreya 19: 145. (1919)
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