Biology:Gratiola brevifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

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

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[4]

References

  1. "Gratiola brevifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GRBR. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  2. "Gratiola brevifolia", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Gratiola%20brevifolia.png, retrieved 19 February 2019 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pennell, Francis (1935). The Scrophulariaceae of Eastern Temperate North America. Philadelphia: Wickersham Printing Company. p. 78. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15326235 entry