Gratiola ebracteata

Bentham ex A. de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

Prodr. 10: 595. 1846.

Common names: Bractless hedge-hyssop
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 266. Mentioned on page 265.

Annuals. Stems decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or few-branched, (5–) 15–22 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent distally. Leaves: blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 7–20 (–32) × 1.5–5 (–7) mm, margins entire, rarely with 1 or 2 pairs of teeth distally, apex acuminate to attenuate, surfaces glabrate or glandular-pubescent. Pedicels stout, (3–) 7–25 mm, length 0.5–2.5 times bract, glabrous or obscurely glandular-pubescent distally; bracteoles 0. Flowers: sepals distinct, lanceolate, (4–) 7–11 mm; calyx slightly bilaterally symmetric; corolla 5–8 (–10) mm, tube yellowish green or yellow, veins purple, limb white to pinkish white; style 2–3 mm. Capsules subglobular, 3–6 × 3.5–5 mm. Seeds 0.4–0.9 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Sep(–Nov).
Habitat: Muddy to sandy stream banks, pond and lake shorelines, shallow water, wet meadows, vernal pools.
Elevation: 0–2100 m.

Distribution

B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"-2.5timesbract" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Gratiola ebracteata"
acuminate +  and attenuate +
Craig C. Freeman +
Bentham ex A. de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate;lanceolate-ovate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
subglobular +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Bractless hedge-hyssop +
ligulate +, unilabiate +, regular +, personate +  and bilabiate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
pinkish +, yellow +, cream +  and white +
ovoid +, globular +, ellipsoid +, urceolate +, tubular +, cylindric +, less rotate +  and salverform +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
drupe-like +
0–2100 m. +
curved +  and straight +
2 +  and 1 +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Muddy to sandy stream banks, pond and lake shorelines, shallow water, wet meadows, vernal pools. +
monomorphic +
persistent +  and deciduous +
white;pinkish white +
1 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
linear;lanceolate obovate or oblong +
toothed +  and entire +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Apr–Sep(–Nov). +
minute +
yellow +  and brown or black +
oblong +  and obpyramidal or short-cylindric +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
distinct +
lanceolate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
few-branched +  and simple +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
decumbent;ascending or erect +
glandular-puberulent +  and glabrous +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
lamelliform +  and capitate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrate +
Amphianthus +
Gratiola ebracteata +
Gratiola +
species +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
yellow +  and yellowish green +
tubular +
perennial +  and annual +