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Shaggy hedgehyssop

Gratiola pilosa

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
C. & SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Gratiola pilosa, commonly known as shaggy hedge-hyssop, is a perennial forb in the family Plantaginaceae native to the United States.

Where it grows

It is found from New Jersey south to South Florida, west to East Texas, and northward in the interior to Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma. It grows in wet pine savannas, marshes, and other wet areas.

Other Gratiola plants

Little amphianthus · Sticky hedgehyssop · Matted Brooklime · Bractless hedgehyssop · Florida hedgehyssop · Boggs Lake hedgehyssop · Rough hedgehyssop · Clammy hedgehyssop · Hedgehyssop · Austral Brooklime · Limestone hedgehyssop · Hedgehyssops

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gratiola pilosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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