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Gratiola ebracteata

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Plantaginaceae

Scientific name
  
Gratiola ebracteata

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Lamiales

Genus
  
Gratiola

Higher classification
  
Gratiola

Similar
  
Gratiola, Gratiola heterosepala, Gratiola neglecta, Scrophulariaceae, Gratiola amphiantha

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. It grows from the mud of wet habitats, producing an erect stem in shades of reddish green. There are a few small red-bordered green leaves along the stem. The inflorescence is an extension of the stem a few millimeters long and coated in hairlike glands. The centimeter-long flower is a sort of rectangular tube which is yellowish or off-white. The fruit is a spherical capsule a few millimeters wide.

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Gratiola ebracteata Wikipedia