Gratiola lutea Rafinesque. Common name: Yellow Hedge-hyssop, Golden-pert. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Blackwater river banks, pondcypress savannas in Carolina bays, other acidic wetlands. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) and QC south in the Coastal Plain to Panhandle FL; disjunct around the Great Lakes and inland in NY, ON, IL, and ND.

ID notes: This and Mecardonia procumbens are mistakable.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The name G. lutea has priority over G. aurea; Pennell (1935) and Freeman (2019b) in FNA explain the complicated reasons for accepting G. lutea as the correct name.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA17, K4, Tat; = Gratiola aurea Pursh — C, F, Fl6, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, S, WH3; > Gratiola georgiana Pennell; > Gratiola lutea Raf. var. lutea; > Gratiola lutea Raf. var. obtusa (Pennell) Pennell — Pennell (1935); > Gratiola lutea Raf. var. typica — Pennell (1935). Basionym: Gratiola lutea Raf. 1811

Links to other floras: = Gratiola lutea - FNA17

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
• Great Plains: OBL (name change)
• Midwest: OBL (name change)
• Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7