Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola viscidula |
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yellow hedge-hyssop |
Short's hedge-hyssop |
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Habit | Annuals. | Perennials. |
Stems | ascending to erect, usually much-branched from base, 5–10 cm, glabrous. |
decumbent, ascending, or erect, simple, sometimes few-branched, (8–)15–60 cm, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent or glandular-pubescent 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 lanceolate-ovate to ovate or oblong, rarely linear-lanceolate in submersed forms, 5–28 × 4–15 mm, margins with (3–)5–10(–12) pairs of sharp teeth, apex acute, rarely obtuse, surfaces sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent. |
Pedicels | slender, 4–10 mm, length 1–2.3 times bract, glabrous; bracteoles 1, 1.5–4 mm. |
slender, 10–23 mm, length 0.5–2 times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 2, 3.5–7 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, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 3–7 mm; corolla 9–13 mm, tube yellowish brown, veins blue or lavender, limb white; style 3–4 mm. |
Capsules | ovoid, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm. |
globular, 1–2.5 × 1–2.5 mm. |
Seeds | 0.3–0.4 mm. |
0.3–0.4 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
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Gratiola torreyi |
Gratiola viscidula |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering May–Oct. |
Habitat | Wet, exposed soils in meadows, clearings in post oak woodlands, saline prairies. | Bogs, wet meadows, floodplain wetlands, beaver ponds, stream banks, seeps, shores of ponds and lakes. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
LA; TX |
DC; DE; FL; GA; KY; MD; NC; OH; SC; TN; VA; WV
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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.) |
D. M. Spooner (1984) examined intraspecific variation in Gratiola viscidula and concluded that recognition of infraspecific taxa is not warranted. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 268. | FNA vol. 17, p. 269. |
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Synonyms | G. flava | G. viscosa, G. viscidula subsp. shortii |
Name authority | Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 1066, 1338. (1903) | Pennell: Torreya 19: 145. (1919) |
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