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.
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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Horticultural Information
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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