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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gratiola ramosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola ramosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-002:
Gratiola ramosa FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gratiola ramosa
COMMON NAME:
Branched Hedge-hyssop
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Bobby Hattaway rah_051813_03250
May McIntosh County GA
roadside
Stems somewhat succulent, usually simple but occasionally branched, smooth to slightly hairy above, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Bobby Hattaway rah_051813_03252
May McIntosh County GA
roadside
Leaves sessile-clasping, narrowly lance-shaped, 1/4-3/4" long, entire or a few teeth near tip, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Bobby Hattaway rah_060612_06729
June Bryan County GA
roadside ditch
Flowers white but yellow at the base (inside & out), where also marked with brownish-purple veins, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Bobby Hattaway rah_060612_06731
June Bryan County GA
roadside ditch
The tubular corolla opening to 4 unequal spreading lobes (bottom one largest), per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Bobby Hattaway rah_060612_06732
June Bryan County GA
roadside ditch
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Bobby Hattaway rah_060612_06736
June Bryan County GA
roadside ditch
Sepals 5, sometimes with 1-2 bracts just below, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Bobby Hattaway rah_061712_07191
June McIntosh County GA
Townsend Wildlife Management Area
Leaves glabrous or minutely glandular, linear-lanceolate. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gratiola ramosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola ramosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gratiola ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-002:
Gratiola ramosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gratiola ramosa
4691
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pondcypress savannas, wet pine savannas, pineland ponds and Carolina bays, marshes, pond margins, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA & SC (rare in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizome slender
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White,
the throat lined with maroon
Pedicel longer than the subtending leaf
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (apparently 4-lobed, but the upper two lobes are fused)
2 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in axils of leafy bracts
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p078
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p089
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p328
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