Gratiola
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Gratiola is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae Juss. or plantain family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. The type genus is Plantago L..In older classifications it used to be the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have...

 family. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family, are a family of flowering plants. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with flowers with bilateral or rarely radial symmetry. Members of the Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including...

 (figwort family).

Species include:
  • Gratiola amphiantha
    Gratiola amphiantha
    Gratiola amphiantha is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common names little amphianthus, pool sprite and snorkelwort. It was previously the only species in the monotypic genus Amphianthus, but it was moved to genus Gratiola after genetic analysis in 2008...

    - pool sprite, snorkelwort
  • Gratiola aurea - golden hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola brevifolia - sticky hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola ebracteata
    Gratiola ebracteata
    Gratiola ebracteata is a species of flowering plant known by the common name bractless hedgehyssop. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California. It grows in mud. This is a small, hairless, glandular annual plant rarely exceeding 10 centimeters in height...

    - bractless hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola flava - yellow hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola floridana - Florida hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola heterosepala
    Gratiola heterosepala
    Gratiola heterosepala is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Boggs Lake hedgehyssop. It is native to northern California, where it grows in mud and very shallow water, such as the edges of vernal pools. One occurrence of the plant has been noted in Oregon. This is a petite annual...

    - Boggs Lake hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola hispida - rough hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola neglecta
    Gratiola neglecta
    Gratiola neglecta is a species of flowering plant known by the common name clammy hedgehyssop. It is native to much of North America, including most all of the United States and the southern half of Canada. It is generally found in moist to wet habitat. This is an unobtrusive annual herb producing...

    - clammy hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola officinalis
    Gratiola officinalis
    Gratiola officinalis is an ornamental plant in the Plantaginaceae family. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb native to Europe.- External links :*...

    - common hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola pilosa - shaggy hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola pubescens - Hairy brooklime (native to Australia)
  • Gratiola ramosa - branched hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola virginiana - roundfruit hedgehyssop
  • Gratiola viscidula - Short's hedgehyssop

External links

  • Jepson Manual Treatment
  • http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
  • http://132.236.163.181/index.html?/DiversityOfLife.org http://www.ppp-index.de/ http://www.homolaicus.com/scienza/erbario/utility/botanica_sistematica/
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