Sophronanthe hispida

Bentham in J. Lindley

Nat. Syst. Bot., 445. 1836.

Common names: Rough hedge-hyssop
Endemic
Synonyms: Gratiola hispida (Bentham) Pollard
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 278. Mentioned on page 277.

Stems ascending to erect, 10–75 cm, villous. Leaves: blade linear to lanceolate-ovate, 8–20 × 0.7–3 mm, base not clasping, truncate, margins entire, prominently revolute, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces villous, papillate, not distinctly punctate abaxially. Pedicels 0–1 mm; bracteoles 6–9 mm. Flowers: calyx lobes 3–7 × 0.5–1 mm; corolla salverform, 7–16 mm, tube white, veins inconspicuous or pale-purple, limb white. Capsules conic, 4–5 × 1.8–2.5 mm. Seeds 0.2–0.4 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Sandy scrub, dry to wet flatwoods, sandhills, seasonally wet clearings.
Elevation: 0–100 m.

Discussion

Gratiola subulata Baldwin ex Bentham is an illegitimate name that pertains to Sophronanthe hispida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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acute +  and acuminate +
Craig C. Freeman +
Bentham in J. Lindley +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
linear;lanceolate-ovate +
leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Rough hedge-hyssop +
not dilated +
personate +  and bilabiate +
pink +, tinged purple +  and white +
salverform +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +  and Miss. +
drupe-like +
0–100 m. +
curved +  and straight +
2 +  and 1 +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Sandy scrub, dry to wet flatwoods, sandhills, seasonally wet clearings. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering May–Oct. +
Nat. Syst. Bot., +
minute +
yellow +  and brown or black +
ovoid +  and short-cylindric +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
distinct +
linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
ascending;erect +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (75 cm750 mm <br />0.75 m <br />) +
crateriform +
papillate +
Gratiola hispida +
Sophronanthe hispida +
Sophronanthe +
species +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
pale-purple +
inconspicuous +