Gratiola officinalis L.

Hedgehyssop (en), Gratiole officinale (fr), Herbe au pauvre homme (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Gratiola

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.3-0.45m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.18 - 0.38
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.45
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Wet grassland, fens, river banks, ditches etc.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Purgative (unspecified), Splenomegaly (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity strong toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Gratiola officinalis habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Gratiola officinalis habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Gratiola officinalis habit picture by bas yves (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Gratiola officinalis leaf picture by Simon Popy (cc-by-sa)
Gratiola officinalis leaf picture by Olivestelle Olivestelle (cc-by-sa)
Gratiola officinalis leaf picture by Cyllène Chatellier (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gratiola officinalis flower picture by Bogdan Nesic (cc-by-sa)
Gratiola officinalis flower picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)
Gratiola officinalis flower picture by Carsten Mackenthun (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gratiola officinalis world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Conservation status

Gratiola officinalis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803505-1
WFO ID wfo-0000708733
COL ID 3HBL3
BDTFX ID 30641
INPN ID 100576
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Gratiola officinalis f. meonantha Gratiola angustifolia Gratiola meonantha Gratiola linifolia var. angustifolia Gratiola officinalis var. angustifolia Gratiola officinalis subsp. broteri Gratiola officinalis var. catalaunica Gratiola linifolia var. lusitanica Gratiola officinalis f. angustifolia Gratiola officinalis