Gratiola nana Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Gratiola

Characteristics

Herb with procumbent or creeping slender stems; branches ∞, closeset, often intertangled, up to ± 2 dm. long, ± clad in jointed glandular hairs, ascending at tips. Lvs sessile or nearly so, ± 4-7 × 2-5 mm., oblong to obovate to suborbicular, obtuse, ± obtusely toothed, glab. or glandular-pilose. Fls few, very shortly peduncled in upper lf-axils. Calyx glandular-pilose, 3-4 mm. long, lobes sts toothed. Corolla (6)-8-12 mm. long, white to yellowish, us. with ∞ pink veins, throat yellowish, lobes short, obtuse. Anthers connivent, cells parallel; staminodes filiform, long.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Gratiola nana world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803497-1
WFO ID wfo-0000708727
COL ID 3HBKW
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Synonyms

Gratiola nana Gratiola concinna