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Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop

American hedge-hyssop, clammy hedge-hyssop, common American hedge hyssop, gratiole négligée

Habit Annuals. Annuals.
Stems

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

ascending or erect, few- to much-branched, rarely simple, (4–)10–40 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent proximally, 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.

blade linear to narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate, or elliptic-obovate, rarely falcate, 10–65 × 3–11(–18) mm, margins with (1 or)2–5(–7) pairs of blunt to sharp teeth, apex acute, surfaces glabrate or glandular-puberulent.

Pedicels

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

bracteoles 0.

slender, 8–35 mm, length (0.3–)0.4–0.9(–1.3) times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent;

bracteoles 2, 2.5–7 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, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, 2.5–6 mm;

corolla 7–12 mm, tube yellow, yellowish white, or yellowish green, veins brownish violet, limb white, sometimes tinged lavender;

style 3–4 mm.

Capsules

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

ovoid, 2.6–6 × 3–5 mm.

Seeds

0.5–0.7 mm.

0.4–0.7 mm.

2n

= 14, 16.

Gratiola heterosepala

Gratiola neglecta

Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep. Flowering Mar–Oct.
Habitat Shallow water and exposed mud of vernal pools, wet meadows, lake margins. Wet meadows, stream banks, shorelines of ponds, mudflats, salt marshes, crop fields.
Elevation 0–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.) 0–2400 m. (0–7900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NS; ON; QC; SK [Introduced in Europe (Finland, France)]
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Discussion

Gratiola neglecta exhibits the widest range and broadest ecological amplitude of the North American Gratiola species. Besides occurring in a variety of freshwater wetland communities, it sometimes is found in salt marshes and damp or wet agricultural fields.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 267. FNA vol. 17, p. 268.
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. floridana, G. graniticola, G. heterosepala, G. lutea, G. quartermaniae, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana, G. viscidula
Synonyms G. neglecta var. glaberrima
Name authority H. Mason & Bacigalupi: Madroño 12: 150, figs. 1–8. (1954) Torrey: Cat. Pl. New York, 89. (1819)
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