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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
This species occurs from South Carolina, southward to central peninsular Florida, westward to eastern Texas, and inland to southeastern Oklahoma, central Arkansas, and Tennessee. It also is reported to occur disjunct in Delaware.<ref name="USDA"/><ref name="Knapp & Estes 2006"/>
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This species occurs from South Carolina, southward to central peninsular Florida, westward to eastern Texas, and inland to southeastern Oklahoma, central Arkansas, and Tennessee. It also is reported to occur disjunct in Delaware.<ref name="USDA"/><ref name="Knapp & Estes 2006"/> Throughout most of its range, it is considered rare or imperiled.<ref name="Knapp & Estes 2006"/>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==

Revision as of 15:18, 2 February 2018

Gratiola brevifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Gratiola
Species: G. brevifolia
Binomial name
Gratiola brevifolia
Raf.
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Natural range of Gratiola brevifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name: sticky hedgehyssop[1]

Taxonomic Notes

Description

Distribution

This species occurs from South Carolina, southward to central peninsular Florida, westward to eastern Texas, and inland to southeastern Oklahoma, central Arkansas, and Tennessee. It also is reported to occur disjunct in Delaware.[1][2] Throughout most of its range, it is considered rare or imperiled.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

G. brevifolia is found in sandy pinelands, oak barrens, sandy riverbanks,[2] floodplain forests, cypress swamps, and other wet places.[3]

Phenology

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 02 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Knapp WM, Estes D (2006) Gratiola brevifolia (Plantaginaceae) new to the flora of delaware, the delmarva peninsula, and the mid-Atlantic. SIDA 22(1):825-829.
  3. Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.