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Short's hedge-hyssop

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

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
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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
Sibling taxa
G. amphiantha, G. brevifolia, G. ebracteata, G. floridana, G. graniticola, G. heterosepala, G. lutea, G. neglecta, G. quartermaniae, G. ramosa, G. torreyi, G. virginiana
Synonyms G. viscosa, G. viscidula subsp. shortii
Name authority Pennell: Torreya 19: 145. (1919)
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