Flora of North America species comparison

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Gratiola heterosepala

Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop
Habit Annuals.
Stems

ascending to erect, simple or few-branched, 2–12 cm, glabrous proximally, glabrous or glandular-puberulent distally.
Leaves

blade linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, elliptic, or oblong, 4–8(–20) × 1.5–3.5 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous.
Pedicels

slender, 2–14(–28) mm, length 0.9–2.3 times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent;

bracteoles 0.
Flowers

sepals connate proximally, calyx distinctly bilaterally symmetric, lobes elliptic-oblanceolate, 3.5–6 mm;

corolla 4–7.5(–9) mm, tube yellow or greenish yellow, veins purple, limb white abaxially, greenish yellow adaxially;

style 1.5–2 mm.
Capsules

subglobular to ovoid, 3.5–4.7 × 3–4.5 mm.
Seeds

0.5–0.7 mm.

Gratiola heterosepala
Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep.
Habitat Shallow water and exposed mud of vernal pools, wet meadows, lake margins.
Elevation 0–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 267.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Gratiola
Sibling taxa
G. amphiantha, G. brevifolia, G. ebracteata, G. floridana, G. graniticola, G. lutea, G. neglecta, G. quartermaniae, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana, G. viscidula
Name authority H. Mason & Bacigalupi: Madroño 12: 150, figs. 1–8. (1954)
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