Gratiola quartermaniae |
Gratiola floridana |
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limestone hedge-hyssop, Quarterman's hedge-hyssop |
Florida hedge-hyssop |
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Habit | Annuals. | Annuals. |
Stems | erect, simple or few-branched, (7–)10–21(–30) cm, glabrous or glabrate proximally, sparsely 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 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. |
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, 7–14(–22) mm, length 0.5–1(–1.6) times bract, sparsely glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 2, 2–4.5 mm. |
slender, 20–45(–55) mm, length 0.8–2 times bract, glabrate or finely glandular-pubescent; bracteoles 2, 3–6 mm. |
Flowers | 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. |
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 | ovoid, 3.4–5.1 × 3–4.5 mm. |
ovoid, 3–6 × 2.8–3.2 mm. |
Seeds | 0.4–0.7 mm. |
0.6–0.8 mm. |
Gratiola quartermaniae |
Gratiola floridana |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Seeps, pools, and streams in limestone and dolomite glades, alvars, calcareous grasslands. | Low wet woods, wooded stream banks, open meadows. |
Elevation | 50–300 m. (200–1000 ft.) | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; IL; KY; TN; TX; ON |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; TN
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 268. | FNA vol. 17, p. 266. |
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Name authority | D. Estes: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 163, figs. 3C,F, 8. (2007) | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 103. (1834) |
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