Gratiola heterosepala |
Gratiola quartermaniae |
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Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop |
limestone hedge-hyssop, Quarterman's 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. |
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 |
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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 |
CA; OR
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AL; IL; KY; TN; TX; ON |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 267. | FNA vol. 17, p. 268. |
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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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