Sophronanthe hispida |
Sophronanthe pilosa |
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rough hedge-hyssop |
shaggy hedge-hyssop |
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Stems | ascending to erect, 10–75 cm, villous. |
erect, 20–65 cm, villous, rarely glabrous. |
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. |
blade lanceolate to ovate, 8–20 × 4–13 mm, base clasping, rounded to subcordate, margins entire or serrate, not or slightly revolute, apex rounded to obtuse or acute, surfaces villous, rarely glabrous, papillate, distinctly punctate abaxially. |
Pedicels | 0–1 mm; bracteoles 6–9 mm. |
0–3(–5) mm; bracteoles 6–9(–11) mm. |
Flowers | calyx lobes 3–7 × 0.5–1 mm; corolla salverform, 7–16 mm, tube white, veins inconspicuous or pale purple, limb white. |
calyx lobes 5–7 × 0.5–1.5 mm; corolla tubular, 5–9 mm, tube yellow, veins bluish purple, limb white. |
Capsules | conic, 4–5 × 1.8–2.5 mm. |
conic, 4–5 × 2–2.8 mm. |
Seeds | 0.2–0.4 mm. |
0.2–0.4 mm. |
2n | = 22. |
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Sophronanthe hispida |
Sophronanthe pilosa |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. | Flowering May–Oct. |
Habitat | Sandy scrub, dry to wet flatwoods, sandhills, seasonally wet clearings. | Sandy pinelands, bogs, swamps, cypress-gum depressions, pine savannas, wet flatwoods. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; MS |
AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA |
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.) |
Plants with glabrous stems and leaves have been named Gratiola pilosa var. epilis. The combination for that taxon in Sophronanthe has not been made. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 278. | FNA vol. 17, p. 278. |
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Synonyms | Gratiola hispida | Gratiola pilosa, G. pilosa var. epilis, Tragiola pilosa |
Name authority | Bentham: in J. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 445. (1836) | (Michaux) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 1067, 1338. (1903) |
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