Gratiola virginiana L.

Roundfruit hedgehyssop (en), Gratiole (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Gratiola

Characteristics

Annual; stem 1–4 dm, glabrous or nearly so; lvs sessile, lanceolate to oblong, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 2–4 cm, narrowed to the base; pedicels stout, erect, 1–4(–10) mm; bractlets closely subtending and about equaling the cal; sep narrowly lanceolate, 4–6 mm; cor white, marked with purple lines internally, 8–12 mm; fr 5–9 mm; 2n=16. Wet woods; N.J. to O., Ill., and Io., s. to Fla. and Tex. May
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Gratiola virginiana world distribution map, present in Japan and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30036537-2
WFO ID wfo-0000708797
COL ID 3HBMM
BDTFX ID 81398
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gratiola virginiana f. virginiana Nibora aquatica Gratiola missouriana Gratiola sphaerocarpa Gratiola virginiana Gratiola acuminata Gratiola acuminata Gratiola caroliniensis Gratiola fluviatilis Gratiola mesochora Gratiola virginiana f. acutidens Gratiola virginica Gratiola caroliniensis Gratiola virginiana var. virginiana Gratiola virginiana var. aestuariorum