Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola floridana |
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yellow hedge-hyssop |
Florida 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- to much-branched, 10–40 cm, glabrous proximally, glandular-pubescent 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 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, 4–10 mm, length 1–2.3 times bract, glabrous; bracteoles 1, 1.5–4 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, 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, 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, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm. |
ovoid, 3–6 × 2.8–3.2 mm. |
Seeds | 0.3–0.4 mm. |
0.6–0.8 mm. |
Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola floridana |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Wet, exposed soils in meadows, clearings in post oak woodlands, saline prairies. | Low wet woods, wooded stream banks, open meadows. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
LA; TX |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; TN
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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) | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 103. (1834) |
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