Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola ebracteata |
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yellow hedge-hyssop |
bractless hedge-hyssop, common hedge hyssop |
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Habit | Annuals. | Annuals. |
Stems | ascending to erect, usually much-branched from base, 5–10 cm, glabrous. |
decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or few-branched, (5–)15–22 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent distally. |
Leaves | blade linear-lanceolate, 5–15 × 1–5 mm, margins entire or with 1 or 2 pairs of teeth distally, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous. |
blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 7–20(–32) × 1.5–5(–7) mm, margins entire, rarely with 1 or 2 pairs of teeth distally, apex acuminate to attenuate, surfaces glabrate or glandular-pubescent. |
Pedicels | slender, 4–10 mm, length 1–2.3 times bract, glabrous; bracteoles 1, 1.5–4 mm. |
stout, (3–)7–25 mm, length 0.5–2.5 times bract, glabrous or obscurely glandular-pubescent distally; bracteoles 0. |
Flowers | sepals distinct, linear to linear-lanceolate, 3–6 mm; corolla 9–12 mm, tube yellow to orangish yellow, veins yellow to greenish yellow or brownish yellow, limb yellow; style 3–5 mm. |
sepals distinct, lanceolate, (4–)7–11 mm; calyx slightly bilaterally symmetric; corolla 5–8(–10) mm, tube yellowish green or yellow, veins purple, limb white to pinkish white; style 2–3 mm. |
Capsules | ovoid, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm. |
subglobular, 3–6 × 3.5–5 mm. |
Seeds | 0.3–0.4 mm. |
0.4–0.9 mm. |
Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola ebracteata |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering Apr–Sep(–Nov). |
Habitat | Wet, exposed soils in meadows, clearings in post oak woodlands, saline prairies. | Muddy to sandy stream banks, pond and lake shorelines, shallow water, wet meadows, vernal pools. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–2100 m. (0–6900 ft.) |
Distribution |
LA; TX |
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | The name Gratiola flava has been widely used for G. torreyi. F. W. Pennell (1935) synonymized G. torreyi with G. neglecta, stating that the type of G. torreyi (Wright s.n., NY) has white corolla lobes and yellow corolla tubes instead of entirely golden yellow corollas as reported by Small in the protologue of G. torreyi. The statement by Pennell appears to be in error. M. H. MacRoberts et al. (2007) discussed historic and recent collections of Gratiola torreyi (as G. flava) from Louisiana. The provenance of collections attributed to Arkansas is equivocal (MacRoberts et al.). Gratiola pusilla Torrey ex Bentham 1846 (not Willdenow 1797) is an illegitimate name and pertains here. (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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Synonyms | G. flava | |
Name authority | Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 1066, 1338. (1903) | Bentham ex A. de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 595. (1846) |
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