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Gratiola brevifolia

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

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

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Gratiola brevifolia​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Pennell, Francis (1935). The Scrophulariaceae of Eastern Temperate North America. Philadelphia: Wickersham Printing Company. p. 78.
  4. ^ a b Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".