Flora of North America species comparison

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Sophronanthe hispida

rough hedge-hyssop
Stems

ascending to erect, 10–75 cm, villous.
Leaves

blade linear to lanceolate-ovate, 8–20 × 0.7–3 mm, base not clasping, truncate, margins entire, prominently revolute, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces villous, papillate, not distinctly punctate abaxially.
Pedicels

0–1 mm;

bracteoles 6–9 mm.
Flowers

calyx lobes 3–7 × 0.5–1 mm;

corolla salverform, 7–16 mm, tube white, veins inconspicuous or pale purple, limb white.
Capsules

conic, 4–5 × 1.8–2.5 mm.
Seeds

0.2–0.4 mm.

Sophronanthe hispida
Phenology Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Sandy scrub, dry to wet flatwoods, sandhills, seasonally wet clearings.
Elevation 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; MS
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Gratiola subulata Baldwin ex Bentham is an illegitimate name that pertains to Sophronanthe hispida.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 278.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sophronanthe
Sibling taxa
S. pilosa
Synonyms Gratiola hispida
Name authority Bentham: in J. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 445. (1836)
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