Gratiola heterosepala |
Gratiola neglecta |
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Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop |
American hedge-hyssop, clammy hedge-hyssop, common American hedge hyssop, gratiole négligée |
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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. |
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. |
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Gratiola heterosepala |
Gratiola neglecta |
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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 |
CA; OR
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 267. | FNA vol. 17, p. 268. |
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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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