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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gratiola virginiana var. aestuariorum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gratiola virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Gratiola virginiana
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola virginiana var. aestuariorum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gratiola virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-006:
Gratiola virginiana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gratiola virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Roundfruit Hedge-hyssop, Virginia Hedge-hyssop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_grvi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_grvi_003_lvd
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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 (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gratiola virginiana var. aestuariorum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gratiola virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Gratiola virginiana
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola virginiana var. aestuariorum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gratiola virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-006:
Gratiola virginiana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gratiola virginiana
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Emergent aquatic or semi-aquatic (rooted) ?; Forb
Annual/Weak perennial
Habitat: Sluggish streams, bogs, wet areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White (lined with lavender)
Pedicels stout, usually < 10mm long
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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981) p638
- 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
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p284
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p160
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p244
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