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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Gratiola aurea Pursh
golden-pert, golden hedge-hyssop, yellow hedge-hyssop
Gratiola: from gratia for "grace" or "favor" referring to its supposed medicinal properties
aurea: Latin for "golden"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, semi-aquatic, 4"-12" tall forb, when submersed only 1/2" tall and sterile; roots clustered |
| Flower: | bright yellow to white, 5-parted, 1/2"-2/3" long, 2 stamens, irregular lobes flaring at the mouth of the tube, lower lobes rounded, upper lobes nearly united at the top and hairy at the base; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | roundish capsule |
| Leaf: | opposite, with glandular spots, pointed, widest near the base |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; shores, soft water to 13' deep; in peaty, sandy, acidic soil |
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