Gratiola viscidula |
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Short's hedge-hyssop |
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Habit | Perennials. |
Stems | 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 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, 10–23 mm, length 0.5–2 times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 2, 3.5–7 mm. |
Flowers | 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 | globular, 1–2.5 × 1–2.5 mm. |
Seeds | 0.3–0.4 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
Gratiola viscidula |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. |
Habitat | Bogs, wet meadows, floodplain wetlands, beaver ponds, stream banks, seeps, shores of ponds and lakes. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
DC; DE; FL; GA; KY; MD; NC; OH; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion | 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. 269. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Gratiola |
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Synonyms | G. viscosa, G. viscidula subsp. shortii |
Name authority | Pennell: Torreya 19: 145. (1919) |
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