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Plantaginaceae
Sophronanthe

not marked as a favorite taxon Sophronanthe pilosa (Michaux) Small. Common name: Shaggy Hedge-hyssop. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Marshes, wet areas, wet pine savannas. Distribution: NJ south to s. FL, west to e. TX, northward in the interior to KY, TN, AR, and e. OK.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl6, FNA17, K4, Tn, Va; = Gratiola pilosa Michaux= C, F, G, GW, K1, RAB, W, WH3 — Ar, C, F, G, GW2, NcTx, RAB, Tx, WH3; = Tragiola pilosa (Michx.) Small & Pennell — S, Tat; > Tragiola pilosa (Michx.) Small & Pennell var. typica — Pennell (1935). Basionym: Gratiola pilosa Michaux= C, F, G, GW, K1, RAB, W, WH3 1803

Links to other floras: = Sophronanthe pilosa - FNA17

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Sophronanthe pilosa© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Sophronanthe pilosa© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Sophronanthe pilosa© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Sophronanthe pilosa© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Sophronanthe pilosa© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial found in marshes, wet pine savannas, seeps and seasonally wet clearings.

Stems: Stems tufted, from a slightly woody crown, unbranched, hairy.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, oval to lance-oval, to 3/4 in. long, toothed toward the tip, with long hairs and pebbly texture on upper surface.

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Flowers: Flowers mostly sessile in leaf axils, white; about ¼ in. long; bilaterally symmetric; with a tubular corolla (hairy inside) opening to 5 tiny, spreading lobes that may be veined with purple. There are 5 hairy, unequal, linear-lance-shaped sepals about as long as the corolla tube.

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Height: 4-28 in.

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description: Erect perennial found in marshes, wet pine savannas, seeps and seasonally wet clearings.

stems: Stems tufted, from a slightly woody crown, unbranched, hairy.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, oval to lance-oval, to 3/4 in. long, toothed toward the tip, with long hairs and pebbly texture on upper surface.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers mostly sessile in leaf axils, white; about ¼ in. long; bilaterally symmetric; with a tubular corolla (hairy inside) opening to 5 tiny, spreading lobes that may be veined with purple. There are 5 hairy, unequal, linear-lance-shaped sepals about as long as the corolla tube.

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