• Source: Gratiola brevifolia

Gratiola brevifolia, commonly called sticky hedgehyssop, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It is found in the Southeastern United States, where it has a scattered distribution. Its natural habitat is in wet acidic areas.
Gratiola brevifolia is a rhizomatous perennial. Its leaves are linear-lanceolate with a few coarse teeth distally. Its flowers have white lobes and a yellow tube with brown lines. It blooms from April to September.
Gratiola brevifolia is similar to Gratiola vicidula, which has a range centered farther to the east. G. brevifolia can be distinguished by its narrower leaves and sepals. It is also similar to Gratiola ramosa, a species that it co-occurs with on the Southeastern Coastal Plain, from which G. brevifolia can be distinguished by the regular presence of 1-2 bracts subtending the sepals.




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• Gratiola brevifolia
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• List of Canadian plants by family S
• List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller
• List of Scrophulariaceae of South Africa
• List of endangered plants of North America
• List of Australian plant species described by Robert Brown
• List of least concern plants