Gratiola neglecta

Torrey

Cat. Pl. New York, 89. 1819.

Common names: Clammy hedge-hyssop gratiole négligée
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Gratiola neglecta var. glaberrima (Fernald) Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 268. Mentioned on page 262, 265, 267, 269.

Annuals. Stems ascending or erect, few- to much-branched, rarely simple, (4–)10–40 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent proximally, glandular-puberulent distally. Leaves: blade linear to narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate, or elliptic-obovate, rarely falcate, 10–65 × 3–11(–18) mm, margins with (1 or)2–5(–7) pairs of blunt to sharp teeth, apex acute, surfaces glabrate or glandular-puberulent. Pedicels slender, 8–35 mm, length (0.3–)0.4–0.9(–1.3) times bract, sparsely to densely glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 2, 2.5–7 mm. Flowers: sepals distinct, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, 2.5–6 mm; corolla 7–12 mm, tube yellow, yellowish white, or yellowish green, veins brownish violet, limb white, sometimes tinged lavender; style 3–4 mm. Capsules ovoid, 2.6–6 × 3–5 mm. Seeds 0.4–0.7 mm. 2n = 14, 16.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Oct.
Habitat: Wet meadows, stream banks, shorelines of ponds, mudflats, salt marshes, crop fields.
Elevation: 0–2400 m.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Sask., Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., introduced in Europe (Finland, France).

Discussion

Gratiola neglecta exhibits the widest range and broadest ecological amplitude of the North American Gratiola species. Besides occurring in a variety of freshwater wetland communities, it sometimes is found in salt marshes and damp or wet agricultural fields.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Craig C. Freeman +
Torrey +
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0–2400 m. +
Wet meadows, stream banks, shorelines of ponds, mudflats, salt marshes, crop fields. +
Flowering Mar–Oct. +
Cat. Pl. New York, +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Gratiola neglecta var. glaberrima +
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