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shaggy hedge-hyssop

rough hedge-hyssop

Stems

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

ascending to erect, 10–75 cm, villous.

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.

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

0–3(–5) mm;

bracteoles 6–9(–11) mm.

0–1 mm;

bracteoles 6–9 mm.

Flowers

calyx lobes 5–7 × 0.5–1.5 mm;

corolla tubular, 5–9 mm, tube yellow, veins bluish purple, limb white.

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 × 2–2.8 mm.

conic, 4–5 × 1.8–2.5 mm.

Seeds

0.2–0.4 mm.

0.2–0.4 mm.

2n

= 22.

Sophronanthe pilosa

Sophronanthe hispida

Phenology Flowering May–Oct. Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Sandy pinelands, bogs, swamps, cypress-gum depressions, pine savannas, wet flatwoods. Sandy scrub, dry to wet flatwoods, sandhills, seasonally wet clearings.
Elevation 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
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AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA
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AL; FL; GA; MS
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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.)

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. FNA vol. 17, p. 278.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sophronanthe Plantaginaceae > Sophronanthe
Sibling taxa
S. hispida
S. pilosa
Synonyms Gratiola pilosa, G. pilosa var. epilis, Tragiola pilosa Gratiola hispida
Name authority (Michaux) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 1067, 1338. (1903) Bentham: in J. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 445. (1836)
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