Gratiola heterosepala |
Gratiola floridana |
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Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop |
Florida hedge-hyssop |
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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 |
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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 |
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. |
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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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