Gratiola lutea Rafinesque. Yellow Hedge-hyssop, Golden-pert. Phen: May-Sep. Hab: Blackwater river banks, pondcypress savannas in Carolina bays, other acidic wetlands. Dist: 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, K1, K3, 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)
Links to other floras: = Gratiola lutea - FNA17
Wetland Indicator Status:
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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