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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sophronanthe hispida
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola hispida
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sophronanthe hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Sophronanthe hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gratiola hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sophronanthe hispida
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Hedge-hyssop
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmghispida_ths1
June
Leaves 0.8-1.5cm long, linear-subulate, firm, strongly revolute, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmghispida_ths1b
June
Corolla 2-3× as long as the calyx, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmghispida_ths3
June
Corolla white, salverform, tube 10-13mm long, pubescent within, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sophronanthe hispida
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola hispida
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sophronanthe hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Sophronanthe hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gratiola hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sophronanthe hispida
2484
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry-mesic pine savannas, scrubby pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, grasslands, dunes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish
Flowers are sessile or almost sessile.
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed salverform corolla
2 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p333
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