Flora of North America species comparison

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Sophronanthe pilosa

shaggy hedge-hyssop
Stems

erect, 20–65 cm, villous, rarely glabrous.
Leaves

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

0–3(–5) mm;

bracteoles 6–9(–11) mm.
Flowers

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 × 2–2.8 mm.
Seeds

0.2–0.4 mm.
2n

= 22.

Sophronanthe pilosa
Phenology Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Sandy pinelands, bogs, swamps, cypress-gum depressions, pine savannas, wet flatwoods.
Elevation 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA
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Discussion

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.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sophronanthe
Sibling taxa
S. hispida
Synonyms Gratiola pilosa, G. pilosa var. epilis, Tragiola pilosa
Name authority (Michaux) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 1067, 1338. (1903)
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