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granite hedge-hyssop

bractless hedge-hyssop, common hedge hyssop

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

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
from FNA
GA; SC
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from FNA
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.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 267. FNA vol. 17, p. 266.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Gratiola Plantaginaceae > Gratiola
Sibling taxa
G. amphiantha, G. brevifolia, G. ebracteata, G. floridana, G. heterosepala, G. lutea, G. neglecta, G. quartermaniae, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana, G. viscidula
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 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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