Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola ramosa |
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yellow hedge-hyssop |
branch hedge-hyssop |
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Habit | Annuals. | Perennials. |
Stems | ascending to erect, usually much-branched from base, 5–10 cm, glabrous. |
ascending to erect, simple or few-branched, 10–35 cm, glabrous or glabrate proximally, 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 × 1–3 mm, margins entire or with 1 or 2(or 3) pairs of blunt teeth distally, apex acute, surfaces glabrate or sparsely glandular-puberulent. |
Pedicels | slender, 4–10 mm, length 1–2.3 times bract, glabrous; bracteoles 1, 1.5–4 mm. |
slender to stout, 6–17 mm, length 0.8–2 times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 0 or 1, 0.8–1 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 oblong, 3–6 mm; corolla 10–14 mm, tube greenish yellow, veins yellow, brownish yellow, or purple, limb white; style 2–4 mm. |
Capsules | ovoid, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm. |
subglobular to ovoid, 1.2–2 × 1.2–2 mm. |
Seeds | 0.3–0.4 mm. |
0.2–0.3 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
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Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola ramosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering Apr–Oct. |
Habitat | Wet, exposed soils in meadows, clearings in post oak woodlands, saline prairies. | Wet pine savannas, Carolina bays, shorelines of ponds, marshes. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) |
Distribution |
LA; TX |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; SC; VA
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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. 268. |
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Synonyms | G. flava | |
Name authority | Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 1066, 1338. (1903) | Walter: Fl. Carol., 61. (1788) |
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