OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Gratiola virginiana   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH 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

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Gratiola virginiana   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH 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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2236

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)

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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

 

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