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Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop

limestone hedge-hyssop, Quarterman's hedge-hyssop

Habit Annuals. Annuals.
Stems

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

erect, simple or few-branched, (7–)10–21(–30) cm, glabrous or glabrate proximally, sparsely 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 linear-lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic, often falcate, (16–)18–30(–43) × (1–)2.5–5 mm, margins entire or with 1 or 2(or 3) pairs of blunt teeth distally, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous or glabrate.

Pedicels

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

bracteoles 0.

slender, 7–14(–22) mm, length 0.5–1(–1.6) times bract, sparsely glandular-puberulent;

bracteoles 2, 2–4.5 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, 2.7–5 mm;

corolla 7–9 mm, tube and limb white tinged with pink or purple, veins white to greenish white or lavender;

style 3–4.6 mm.

Capsules

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

ovoid, 3.4–5.1 × 3–4.5 mm.

Seeds

0.5–0.7 mm.

0.4–0.7 mm.

Gratiola heterosepala

Gratiola quartermaniae

Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Shallow water and exposed mud of vernal pools, wet meadows, lake margins. Seeps, pools, and streams in limestone and dolomite glades, alvars, calcareous grasslands.
Elevation 0–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.) 50–300 m. (200–1000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
AL; IL; KY; TN; TX; ON
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Discussion

Populations of Gratiola quartermaniae are concentrated in northern Alabama and central Tennessee. Disjunct populations are known from the Edwards Plateau of Texas, Will County, Illinois, and southeastern Ontario. D. Estes and R. L. Small (2007) discussed the distribution and ecology of G. quartermaniae.

(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. neglecta, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana, G. viscidula
Name authority H. Mason & Bacigalupi: Madroño 12: 150, figs. 1–8. (1954) D. Estes: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 163, figs. 3C,F, 8. (2007)
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