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|accepted_name=Gratiola quartermaniae
|accepted_authority=D. Estes
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas
|place=1: 163, figs. 3C,F, 8. 2007
|year=2007
}}
|common_names=Limestone or Quarterman's hedge-hyssop
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Gratiola;Gratiola quartermaniae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gratiola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gratiola quartermaniae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 265
|treatment_page=page 268
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism duration"><b>Annuals.</b></span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem atypical some measurement;stem atypical some measurement;stem some measurement;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, simple or few-branched, (7–) 10–21 (–30) cm, glabrous or glabrate proximally, sparsely glandular-puberulent distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade atypical length;blade atypical length;blade length;blade atypical width;blade width;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;tooth shape;apex shape;surface pubescence;surface pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> blade linear to linear-lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic, often falcate, (16–) 18–30 (–43) × (1–) 2.5–5 mm, margins entire or with 1 or 2 (or 3) pairs of blunt teeth distally, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous or glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="pedicel size;pedicel atypical some measurement;pedicel some measurement;pedicel length;pedicel pubescence"><b>Pedicels </b>slender, 7–14 (–22) mm, length 0.5–1 (–1.6) times bract, sparsely glandular-puberulent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bracteole quantity;bracteole some measurement">bracteoles 2, 2–4.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal shape;sepal some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals distinct, lanceolate, 2.7–5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="corolla some measurement;tube coloration;tube coloration;limb coloration;vein coloration">corolla 7–9 mm, tube and limb white tinged with pink or purple, veins white to greenish white or lavender;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="style some measurement">style 3–4.6 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule length;capsule width"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid, 3.4–5.1 × 3–4.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="seed some measurement"><b>Seeds </b>0.4–0.7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Seeps, pools, and streams in limestone and dolomite glades, alvars, calcareous grasslands.
|elevation=50–300 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ill.;Ky.;Tenn.;Tex.
|discussion=<p>Populations of Gratiola quartermaniae are concentrated in northern Alabama and central Tennessee. Disjunct populations are known from the Edwards Plateau of Texas, Will County, Illinois, and southeastern Ontario. D. Estes and R. L. Small (2007) discussed the distribution and ecology of G. quartermaniae.</p>
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name=Gratiola quartermaniae
|authority=D. Estes
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Seeps, pools, and streams in limestone and dolomite glades, alvars, calcareous grasslands.
|elevation=50–300 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ill.;Ky.;Tenn.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas
|publication year=2007
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Gratiola
|species=Gratiola quartermaniae
|apex shape=obtuse;acute
|blade atypical length=30mm;43mm
|blade atypical width=1mm;2.5mm
|blade length=18mm;30mm
|blade shape=falcate;linear;linear-lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic
|blade width=2.5mm;5mm
|bracteole quantity=2
|bracteole some measurement=2mm;4.5mm
|capsule length=3.4mm;5.1mm
|capsule shape=ovoid
|capsule width=3mm;4.5mm
|corolla some measurement=7mm;9mm
|limb coloration=white tinged with pink or white tinged with purple
|margin architecture or shape=with 1 or 2pairs;entire
|pedicel atypical some measurement=14mm;22mm
|pedicel length=0.5-1(-1.6) times bract
|pedicel pubescence=glandular-puberulent
|pedicel size=slender
|pedicel some measurement=7mm;14mm
|seed some measurement=0.4mm;0.7mm
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal shape=lanceolate
|sepal some measurement=2.7mm;5mm
|stem architecture=few-branched;simple
|stem atypical some measurement=21cm;30cm
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=glandular-puberulent;glabrate;glabrous
|stem some measurement=10cm;21cm
|style some measurement=3mm;4.6mm
|surface pubescence=glabrate;glabrous
|tooth shape=blunt
|tube coloration=,;white tinged with pink or white tinged with purple
|vein coloration=white;greenish white or lavender
|whole-organism duration=annual
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