''Gratiola'' is a genus of plants in the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...

. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae. Species include: *''

Gratiola amphiantha ''Gratiola amphiantha'' is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common names little amphianthus, pool sprite and snorkelwort. It was previously the only species in the monotypic genus ''Amphianthus'', but it was moved to genus ''Gratiol ...

'' - pool sprite, snorkelwort *''

Gratiola aurea ''Gratiola'' is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae. Species include: *'' Gratiola amphiantha'' - pool sprite, snorkel ...

'' - golden hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola brevifolia ''Gratiola brevifolia'', commonly called sticky hedgehyssop, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It is found in the Southeastern United States, where it has a scattered distribution. Its natural habitat is in ...

'' - sticky hedgehyssop *'' Gratiola ebracteata'' - bractless hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola flava ''Gratiola'' is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae. Species include: *'' Gratiola amphiantha'' - pool sprite, snorkel ...

'' - yellow hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola floridana ''Gratiola floridana'', the Florida hedge hyssop, is a species of annual forb A forb or phorb is an herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grass, sedge, or rush). The term is used in biology and in vegetation ecology, especially ...

'' - Florida hedgehyssop *'' Gratiola heterosepala'' - Boggs Lake hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola neglecta ''Gratiola neglecta'' is a species of flowering plant known by the common name clammy hedgehyssop. It is native to much of North America, including most all of the United States and the southern half of Canada. It is generally found in moist to w ...

'' - clammy hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola officinalis ''Gratiola officinalis'', the gratiole, common hedgehyssop, grace of God, Gratia Dei, hedge hyssop, hedge-hyssop,(Oxford English Dictionary) or herb of grace, is an ornamental plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is a rhizomatous perennial her ...

'' - common hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola peruviana ''Gratiola peruviana'', commonly known as austral brooklime, is a small perennial herb in the family Plantaginaceae. The species is native to South America and Australasia. It grows to between 10 and 30 centimetres high and has pink or white tub ...

'' - Austral brooklime (native to South America and Australasia) *''

Gratiola pubescens ''Gratiola'' is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae. Species include: *'' Gratiola amphiantha'' - pool sprite, snorkel ...

'' - Hairy brooklime (native to Australia) *''

Gratiola quartermaniae ''Gratiola quartermaniae'', commonly known as the limestone hedge-hyssop, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family. It is native to eastern North America. This species has a highly fragmented range. It is most common in the Inter ...

'' - limestone hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola ramosa ''Gratiola'' is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae. Species include: *'' Gratiola amphiantha'' - pool sprite, snorkel ...

'' - branched hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola virginiana ''Gratiola'' is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae. Species include: *'' Gratiola amphiantha'' - pool sprite, snorkel ...

'' - roundfruit hedgehyssop *''

Gratiola viscidula ''Gratiola'' is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae. Species include: *'' Gratiola amphiantha'' - pool sprite, snorkel ...

'' - Short's hedgehyssop

Fossil record

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fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

seeds of †''Gratiola tertiaria'' have been extracted from borehole samples of the

Middle Miocene The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The Middle Miocene is preceded by the Early Miocene. The sub-epoch lasted from 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma to 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma (million y ...

fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

.Łańcucka-Środoniowa M.: Macroscopic plant remains from the freshwater Miocene of the Nowy Sącz Basin (West Carpathians, Poland) zczątki makroskopowe roślin z miocenu słodkowodnego Kotliny Sądeckiej (Karpaty Zachodnie, Polska) Acta Palaeobotanica 1979 20 (1): 3-117.

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment
Plantaginaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Plantaginaceae-stub