Gratiola graniticola |
Gratiola ebracteata |
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granite hedge-hyssop |
bractless hedge-hyssop, common hedge hyssop |
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Habit | Annuals. | Annuals. |
Stems | erect, simple, sometimes few-branched, (7–)9–21(–29) cm, glabrous or glabrate proximally, glandular-puberulent distally. |
decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or few-branched, (5–)15–22 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent distally. |
Leaves | blade lanceolate-ovate to oblong, not falcate, 6–13(–18) × 1–3(–5) mm, margins entire or with 1 or 2(or 3) pairs of blunt teeth distally, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrate or glandular-puberulent. |
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 | slender, (5–)8–17(–22) mm, length 0.9–2(–2.3) times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 2, 2–4.5 mm. |
stout, (3–)7–25 mm, length 0.5–2.5 times bract, glabrous or obscurely glandular-pubescent distally; bracteoles 0. |
Flowers | sepals distinct, lanceolate, 2–4.5 mm; corolla 7–9 mm, tube and limb white tinged with pink or purple, veins lavender or purple; style 1.9–2.2 mm. |
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 to ovoid, 2.5–3.6 × 2–3.7 mm. |
subglobular, 3–6 × 3.5–5 mm. |
Seeds | 0.3–0.5 mm. |
0.4–0.9 mm. |
Gratiola graniticola |
Gratiola ebracteata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering Apr–Sep(–Nov). |
Habitat | Seasonal pools on granite outcrops. | Muddy to sandy stream banks, pond and lake shorelines, shallow water, wet meadows, vernal pools. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | 0–2100 m. (0–6900 ft.) |
Distribution |
GA; SC |
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Gratiola graniticola is known from about a dozen counties in the southeastern piedmont of northern Georgia and north-central South Carolina, where it occurs only on granite flatrocks (D. Estes and R. L. Small 2007; D. F. Brunton 2009). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 267. | FNA vol. 17, p. 266. |
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Name authority | D. Estes: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 166, figs. 3A,D, 9. (2007) | 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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