Gratiola ebracteata

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Gratiola ebracteata"


image_width = 280px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Plantaginaceae
genus = "Gratiola"
species = "G. ebracteata"
binomial = "Gratiola ebracteata"
binomial_authority = Benth.

"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.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7340,7341 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GREB USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Gratiola+ebracteata Photo gallery]