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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Roundfruit Hedge-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola virginiana +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-006:
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Roundfruit Hedge-hyssop, Virginia Hedge-hyssop
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JK Marlow jkm210209_8720
February Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210309_9036
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9181
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9256
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves cuneate at the base. Pedicels stout, erect, 1-5(12)mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9264
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Bractlets linear, slightly longer than the sepals. Sepals 4-6mm long, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9502
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgvirginiana_cane1
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Nearly 2' tall; leaves elliptical; flowers on stout but very short pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Steve Marlow snm210406_6176
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0970
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola virginiana +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-006:
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
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Emergent aquatic or semi-aquatic (rooted) ?; Forb
Annual/Weak perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)
Habitat: Sluggish streams, bogs, wet areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring
White (lined with lavender)
Bisexual
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (apparently 4-lobed, but the upper two lobes are fused)
2 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States p638
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p078
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p089
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p284
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p160
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p244