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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Gratiola neglecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Gratiola neglecta

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Gratiola neglecta

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Gratiola neglecta

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-005:

Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gratiola neglecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Mud-hyssop, Mud Hedge-hyssop, Clammy Hedge-hyssop


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image of Gratiola neglecta, Mud-hyssop, Mud Hedge-hyssop, Clammy Hedge-hyssop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_grne_003_lvd

        

image of Gratiola neglecta, Mud-hyssop, Mud Hedge-hyssop, Clammy Hedge-hyssop

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_gratiola_neglecta1

May    Moore County    NC

Leaves finely toothed, elliptic. Flowers 3/8" long, tube yellow, lobes white, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gratiola neglecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Gratiola neglecta

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola neglecta

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gratiola neglecta

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-005:
Gratiola neglecta   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gratiola neglecta

 

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3355

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Ditches, wet areas, bottomlands, wet cropped fields, brackish marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Creamy white, the throat yellow
Pedicels filiform, ≥ 10mm long
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (apparently 4-lobed, but the upper two lobes are fused)
2 fertile stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in axils of leafy bracts

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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