Sophronanthe pilosa

(Michaux) Small

Fl. S.E. U.S., 1067, 1338. 1903.

Common names: Shaggy hedge-hyssop
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Gratiola pilosa Michaux Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 7. 1803
Synonyms: G. pilosa var. epilis Pennell Tragiola pilosa (Michaux) Small & Pennell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 278. Mentioned on page 277.

Stems erect, 20–65 cm, villous, rarely glabrous. Leaves: blade lanceolate to ovate, 8–20 × 4–13 mm, base clasping, rounded to subcordate, margins entire or serrate, not or slightly revolute, apex rounded to obtuse or acute, surfaces villous, rarely glabrous, papillate, distinctly punctate abaxially. Pedicels 0–3 (–5) mm; bracteoles 6–9 (–11) mm. Flowers: calyx lobes 5–7 × 0.5–1.5 mm; corolla tubular, 5–9 mm, tube yellow, veins bluish purple, limb white. Capsules conic, 4–5 × 2–2.8 mm. Seeds 0.2–0.4 mm. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Sandy pinelands, bogs, swamps, cypress-gum depressions, pine savannas, wet flatwoods.
Elevation: 0–700 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Del., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Miss., N.J., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Plants with glabrous stems and leaves have been named Gratiola pilosa var. epilis. The combination for that taxon in Sophronanthe has not been made.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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rounded +  and obtuse or acute +
Craig C. Freeman +
(Michaux) Small +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
rounded;subcordate +
Gratiola pilosa +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
lanceolate;ovate +
leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
0.5mm;1.5mm +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
Shaggy hedge-hyssop +
not dilated +
personate +  and bilabiate +
pink +, tinged purple +  and white +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, N.J. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
drupe-like +
0–700 m. +
curved +  and straight +
2 +  and 1 +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Sandy pinelands, bogs, swamps, cypress-gum depressions, pine savannas, wet flatwoods. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
serrate +  and entire +
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering May–Oct. +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
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 +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
glabrous +  and villous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br />) +
crateriform +
glabrous +  and villous +
papillate +
G. pilosa var. epilis +  and Tragiola pilosa +
Sophronanthe pilosa +
Sophronanthe +
species +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
bluish purple +