Gratiola ebracteata Benth. ex A.DC. is a plant in the Plantaginaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Gratiola ebracteata Benth. ex A.DC.

Gratiola ebracteata Benth. ex A.DC.

Bractless hedgehyssop (Gratiola ebracteata) is a small annual flowering plant native to western North America that grows in muddy wet habitats.

Genus
Gratiola
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Gratiola ebracteata Benth. ex A.DC.

Gratiola ebracteata, commonly called bractless hedgehyssop, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to western North America, where its range extends from British Columbia to Montana to California. It grows in mud within wet habitats. This is a small, hairless, glandular annual plant that rarely grows taller than 10 centimeters. It grows from muddy wet substrates and produces an erect stem that has a reddish-green hue. A few small green leaves with red borders grow along the stem. Its inflorescence is a stem extension a few millimeters long, covered with hairlike glands. The flower is one centimeter long, shaped as a sort of rectangular tube, and is yellowish or off-white in color. The fruit is a spherical capsule a few millimeters wide.

Photo: (c) David Greenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by David Greenberger · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Plantaginaceae Gratiola

More from Plantaginaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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