Gratiola virginiana

Gratiola virginiana
Gratiola virginiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Gratioleae
Genus: Gratiola
Species:

Name

Gratiola virginiana L., 1753

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Gratiola acuminata Vahl in Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 92 (1804)
    • Gratiola acuminata Franch. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 403 (1846)
    • Gratiola caroliniensis Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 12 (1813)
    • Gratiola caroliniensis Leconte in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 105 (1824)
    • Gratiola mesochora Peattie in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 130 (1926)
    • Gratiola missouriana Beck in Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 258 (1826)
    • Gratiola sphaerocarpa Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 14 (1816)
    • Gratiola virginiana f. acutiden Fernald in Rhodora 44: 440 (1942)
    • Gratiola virginiana var. aestuariorumPennell in Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 96 (1935)
    • Gratiola virginica L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 62 (1767)
    • Nibora aquatica Raf. in Fl. Ludov.: 36 (1817)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Eastern USA
      • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    • Regional: Southeastern Central USA
      • Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia
    • Introduced into:
      • Germany, Mexico Gulf

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Vernacular names

  • English: roundfruit hedgehyssop, Round-fruited hedge hyssop
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