Gratiola brevifolia

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Gratiola brevifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Gratiola
Species:
G. brevifolia
Binomial name
Gratiola brevifolia

Gratiola brevifolia, commonly called sticky hedgehyssop,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It is found in the Southeastern United States, where it has a scattered distribution.[2] Its natural habitat is in wet acidic areas such as sandy riverbanks, sandy pinelands, and cypress swamps.[3][4][5]

Gratiola brevifolia is a rhizomatous perennial. Its leaves are linear-lanceolate with a few coarse teeth distally. Its flowers have white lobes and a yellow tube with brown lines. It blooms from April to September.[3]

Gratiola brevifolia is similar to Gratiola vicidula, which has a range centered farther to the east. G. brevifolia can be distinguished by its narrower leaves and sepals.[6] It is also similar to Gratiola ramosa, a species that it co-occurs with on the Southeastern Coastal Plain, from which G. brevifolia can be distinguished by the regular presence of 1-2 bracts subtending the sepals.[6]

References

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  1. ^ NRCS. "Gratiola brevifolia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ Kartesz, John T. (2014). "Gratiola brevifolia". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Pennell, Francis (1935). The Scrophulariaceae of Eastern Temperate North America. Philadelphia: Wickersham Printing Company. p. 78.
  4. ^ Knapp, Wesley Martin; Estes, Dwayne (2006). "GRATIOLA BREVIFOLIA (PLANTAGINACEAE) NEW TO THE FLORA OF DELAWARE, THE DELMARVA PENINSULA, AND THE MID-ATLANTIC". doi:10.5281/ZENODO.16015935. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  6. ^ a b Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".