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Hedgehyssop

Gratiola officinalis

Also called Gratiola, Gratiole, Hedge Hyssop, Common Hedge Hyssop

Gratiola officinalis is a low-growing rhizomatous perennial herb from wet European meadows and ditches, grown as a bog or marginal pond plant. It needs consistently moist to waterlogged soil and sun or light shade.

Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as: Perennial
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Keep soil consistently moist or shallowly submerged; never let it dry out.
Soil: Moist, humus-rich loam or boggy mud; heavy clay or peat-based mixes both work.
Temperature: 10–25 °C; hardy to about -15 °C, dying back in winter.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: The whole plant contains cucurbitacin-type bitter compounds and the glycoside gratioloside; it has a strong purgative and emetic effect and was historically used medicinally, so it should not be eaten.
Edible: Yes, some parts
Native range: Europe to N. Xinjiang and N. Pakistan, Morocco
Climate: temperate

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Gratiola officinalis, the gratiole, common hedgehyssop, grace of God, Gratia Dei, hedge hyssop, hedge-hyssop, or herb of grace, is an ornamental plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb native to Europe.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gratiola officinalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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