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Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop

Florida hedge-hyssop

Habit Annuals. Annuals.
Stems

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

decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or few- to much-branched, 10–40 cm, glabrous proximally, glandular-pubescent 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.

blade oblanceolate to narrowly obovate or oval, 20–45 × 4–18 mm, margins with 1–6 pairs of teeth distally, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous.

Pedicels

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

bracteoles 0.

slender, 20–45(–55) mm, length 0.8–2 times bract, glabrate or finely glandular-pubescent;

bracteoles 2, 3–6 mm.

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.

sepals distinct, linear to narrowly lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 3–6 mm;

corolla 14–25 mm, tube yellowish green, veins reddish purple to brownish yellow, limb white;

style 5–7 mm.

Capsules

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

ovoid, 3–6 × 2.8–3.2 mm.

Seeds

0.5–0.7 mm.

0.6–0.8 mm.

Gratiola heterosepala

Gratiola floridana

Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Shallow water and exposed mud of vernal pools, wet meadows, lake margins. Low wet woods, wooded stream banks, open meadows.
Elevation 0–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.) 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.)
Distribution
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CA; OR
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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; TN
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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. graniticola, G. lutea, G. neglecta, G. quartermaniae, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana, G. viscidula
G. amphiantha, G. brevifolia, G. ebracteata, G. graniticola, G. heterosepala, 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) Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 103. (1834)
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