Gratiola virginiana

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Family (Traditional)Scrophulariaceae
GenusGratiola
Species:Gratiola virginiana L.
Common NameRoundfruit Hedgehyssop
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Annual; Duration: Biennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value 5
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Gratiola mesochora Gratiola mesochora

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bell (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Casey (KY), Christian (KY), Clinton (KY), Daviess (KY), Garrard (KY), Graves (KY), Hardin (KY), Henderson (KY), Hickman (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Morgan (KY), Ohio (KY), Oldham (KY), Pike (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Trigg (KY), Wayne (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Chester (TN), Coffee (TN), Crockett (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hardin (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Lawrence (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Obion (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1935 - 2011

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100663903 Bledsoe Tennessee 13 Jun 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4943
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663846 Ohio Kentucky 15 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4541
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
BEREA018110 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195491 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195484 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195508 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195541 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195489 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195533 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195493 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195526 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195486 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195705 Wayne Kentucky
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195513 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002662 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Apr 1950 Edward Clebsch and Alfred Clebsch
S.N.
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
31234100751674 Wolfe Kentucky 04 Sep 1998 Kim Feeman
288
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663895 Whitley Kentucky 08 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1441
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663853 Casey Kentucky 05 May 1988 Bruce Hoagland
58
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31973000019071 Logan Kentucky
KNK
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195490 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195480 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195517 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195516 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195485 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195531 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195514 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195481 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195492 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195532 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0063353 Jefferson Kentucky 16 May 1957
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663812 Laurel Kentucky 15 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1632
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
BEREA018112 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Gratiola virginiana
31973000019069 Clinton Kentucky
KNK
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195519 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195494 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195530 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195540 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195510 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195534 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195509 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195527 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195488 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0063352 Jefferson Kentucky 06 May 1957
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002654 Carroll Tennessee 28 Apr 1935 JM Shaver
S.N.
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0074722 McCreary Kentucky 25 Jun 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
BEREA018111 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195505 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195523 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195528 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195529 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195500 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195525 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195536 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195537 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195539 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195535 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195496 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195487 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002642 Stewart Tennessee 01 Jun 1989 Edward W. Chester with Susan Holt
89-128C
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002663 Humphreys Tennessee 19 Apr 2002 Stephanie M Gunn
357
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
31234100664489 Wolfe Kentucky 04 Sep 1998 Kim Freeman
289
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663788 Bullitt Kentucky 13 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6431
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663796 Garrard Kentucky 15 Sep 1983 Donna A. Godbey
543
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
BEREA018114 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195518 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195524 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195499 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195542 White Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195511 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195503 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195538 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0110880 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0088007 Breckinridge Kentucky 17 Jul 1971
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002657 Montgomery Tennessee 05 Jun 2006 EW Chester
14693
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0076741 Logan Kentucky 24 Apr 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663820 Lewis Kentucky 12 May 1999 Kim Freeman
410
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663804 Laurel Kentucky 11 Sep 1978 Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195482 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195704 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195498 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195501 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195520 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195483 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002643 Montgomery Tennessee 24 Jun 1950 Alfred Clebsch
S.N.
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0077354 McCreary Kentucky 24 Jun 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0104323 Pike Kentucky 16 Jun 1982
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0116722 Overton Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002641 Stewart Tennessee 01 Jun 1989 EW Chester and Susan Holt
89-128 A
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0017457 Polk Tennessee 14 Jun 2011 Aaron Floden and Sunny Hart
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663838 Morgan Kentucky 06 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2143
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
BEREA018113 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195497 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195507 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195512 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195716 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195504 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002656 Polk Tennessee 08 Jun 1939 Paul F Street
S.N.
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002646 Morgan Tennessee 19 Oct 2005 Dwayne Estes and John Beck
8643
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0054692 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0063903 Henderson Kentucky 19 Sep 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002644 Sevier Tennessee 13 Jun 2006 D Estes
9046
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0088005 Breckinridge Kentucky 03 Jul 1971
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0076696 Pulaski Kentucky 13 Oct 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
UOS04800 Coffee Tennessee 26 Sep 2000 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663887 Rockcastle Kentucky 02 Aug 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3154
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663911 Roane Tennessee 01 Aug 1989 Ronald L. Jones
6196
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
31234100663861 Daviess Kentucky 04 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5387
EKY
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195506 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195495 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195521 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195522 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195515 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
TENN-V-0195502 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0077320 Hardin Kentucky 05 May 1991 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002658 Fayette Tennessee 25 Sep 1982 Vernon Bates with Larry Wilson
3684
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0040526 Carroll Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT026214 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT026219 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
BRIT530426 Carroll Tennessee 05 Jun 2009 Dwayne Estes
10489
VDB
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT026215 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT026217 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT026213 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
UTM01679 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Gratiola virginiana
MEM005276 Ballard Kentucky 29 Apr 1969 Raymond Athey
578
MEM
Gratiola virginiana
HTTU029139 White Tennessee
HTTU
Gratiola virginiana
UOS04802 Bledsoe Tennessee 21 Sep 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Gratiola virginiana
MEM006685 Calloway Kentucky 21 May 1973 Raymond Athey
2303
MEM
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0109400 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0088006 Breckinridge Kentucky 12 Jun 1971
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0051247 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002621 Trigg Kentucky 17 Jun 2003 Ralph l. Thompson, Derick B. Poindexter
3-353
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002640 Lyon Kentucky 29 Jun 1989 EW Chester
89-322
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002655 Sumner Tennessee 22 May 1976 J Alcorn
1191
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
HTTU028568 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT039176 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT026220 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT040735 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
HTTU016199 Overton Tennessee 02 Jul 1965 Mary Jane Cassety
s.n.
HTTU
Gratiola virginiana
UOS04801 Franklin Tennessee 26 Apr 2007 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Gratiola virginiana
UOS04803 Franklin Tennessee 24 May 2007 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0085448 Hardeman Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT039175 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
UCHT026218 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Gratiola virginiana
MEM006884 Graves Kentucky 19 May 1970 Raymond Athey
919
MEM
Gratiola virginiana
MEM009073 Shelby Tennessee 11 Apr 1972 John E. Thompson Jr.
757
MEM
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0063354 Oldham Kentucky 13 May 1939
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0096204 Daviess Kentucky 20 Jun 1979 John MacGregor
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002645 Grundy Tennessee 22 Sep 2005 Dwayne Estes and John Beck
8384
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0077316 Hardin Kentucky 05 May 1991 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0041272 McNairy Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0119821 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0088008 Barren Kentucky 03 Jun 1978 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002665 Christian Kentucky 09 Jun 1993 Sallie M. Noel
93-037
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0088009 Barren Kentucky 03 Jun 1979 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002659 Hickman Kentucky 04 Sep 2009 Dwayne Estes with Ralph Thompson
11229
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0002661 Montgomery Tennessee 10 May 1975 EW Chester
2969
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
APSC0083731 McCreary Kentucky 07 Aug 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Gratiola virginiana
UOS04804 Franklin Tennessee 05 Jul 2000 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Gratiola virginiana
MEM020494 Crockett Tennessee 26 Jun 1980 Vernon Bates
1017
MEM
Gratiola virginiana
BRIT308948 Wayne Kentucky
VDB
Gratiola virginiana
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