Gratiola pilosa Michx.

Shaggy hedgehyssop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Gratiola

Characteristics

Hirsute perennial; stem 2–4 dm, not much branched; lvs ovate or lance-ovate, sessile by a broad base, 1–2 cm, entire or with a few low teeth; fls sessile or on pedicels to 5 mm, or to 9 mm in fr; bractlets lance-linear, 9 mm; sep lance-linear, the outer 7 mm, the inner 4 mm; cor white, 1 cm; fr conic, 4–5 mm; 2n=22. Pine-barrens, chiefly on the coastal plain; Va. to Fla. and Tex.; also inland from N.C. to Ky. and Ark. Summer and fall. (Sophronanthe p.; Tragiola p.) Sometimes excluded from Gratiola because of its simple anther-connective and longitudinal pollen-sacs.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

Gratiola pilosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803516-1
WFO ID wfo-0000708750
COL ID 7V9BR
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Synonyms

Gratiola pilosa Tragiola pilosa Sophronanthe pilosa Dipteracanthus hispidus Gratiola pilosa var. epilis Tragiola pilosa subsp. epilis