Gratiola graniticola |
Gratiola virginiana |
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granite hedge-hyssop |
round-fruit hedge-hyssop, Virginia 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. |
ascending to erect, simple or few-branched, 4–50 cm, glabrous or glabrate proximally, 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 lanceolate to elliptic or oblong-obovate, 15–70 × 5–25 mm, margins entire or with 1–4 pairs of blunt or sharp teeth distally, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous. |
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, 1–12 mm, length 0.1–0.3 times bract, glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 2, 2–6 mm. |
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, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate or oblong, 4–7 mm; corolla 8–15 mm, tube greenish white to greenish yellow or yellow, veins purple or brownish purple, limb white, sometimes tinged lavender; style 2–4 mm. |
Capsules | subglobular to ovoid, 2.5–3.6 × 2–3.7 mm. |
subglobular, (3–)4–9 × 4–8 mm. |
Seeds | 0.3–0.5 mm. |
0.7–0.8 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
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Gratiola graniticola |
Gratiola virginiana |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering Mar–Oct. |
Habitat | Seasonal pools on granite outcrops. | Stream banks, swamps, floodplain pools and ponds, swamps. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
GA; SC |
AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NJ; OH; OK; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV [Introduced in Mexico (Veracruz)]
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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.) |
Some plants from tidal wetlands in Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia are purportedly relatively shorter in stature and bear shorter pedicels and smaller capsules than most plants of Gratiola virginiana. They have been treated as var. aestuariorum; the distinctness of var. aestuariorum has not been assessed in the context of morphological variation across the range of G. virginiana. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 267. | FNA vol. 17, p. 269. |
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Synonyms | G. virginiana var. aestuariorum | |
Name authority | D. Estes: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 166, figs. 3A,D, 9. (2007) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 17; 2: 1200. (1753) |
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