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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Sophronanthe pilosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Shaggy Hedge-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-001:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragiola pilosa
COMMON NAME:
Shaggy Hedge-hyssop, Pilose Hedge-hyssop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sopi4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1892
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1894
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Plant usually unbranched, pilose (hairs stick straight out), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1899
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Sepals linear or linear-lanceolate, exceeded by the linear bractlets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1901
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1901b
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves are sessile, ovate, with smooth or irregularly toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm210709_1971
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_pilosa_shaggyhedge2
July
Corolla appears 4-lobed, but the upper "lobe" consists of two fused lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_pilosa_shaggyhedgeh
July
Flowers occur singly at leaf bases, nearly sessile, with two leafy bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Sophronanthe pilosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-001:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragiola pilosa
3354
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Look for it in marshes, wet areas, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White or shaded with lavender
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla (apparently 4-lobed, but upper two lobes fused)
2 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
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!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p080
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p240
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p284
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p160
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p180