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Species: Gratiola brevifolia
Collection Date: April 26, 1986
Bar Code ID: 000018002
UUID: 297332f5-8b12-4760-977c-1d04f92fc3da
Collectors: Robert A. Norris
Collector's Identifier: 5082
Flowers Present?: True
Fruit Present?: True
Country: United States
State or Province: Georgia
County or Parish: Sumter
Fips Code: 13261
Nearest Named Place: Leslie
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Verbatim Directions to Locality: borrow-pit by State Hwy. 118, ca. 1.8 mi. SW of Leslie, Sumter Co., Ga.
Habitat: old borrow-pit; ground becoming desiccated owing to drought; some close associates were Sclerolepis uniflora (still sterile), Amsonia rigida, Hibiscus moscheutos (sterile), and Dichanthelium acuminatum var. wrightianum.
Plant Morphology Observations: laxly-ascending, mat-forming plants; Corolla lobes white; tube a suppresed yellow with fine purplish lines (these more distinct on dorsal surface). Hairs within tube mostly dorsally situated. Anthers two-toned, whitish and dull buffy-brown; pollen not seen; filaments (including sterile pair) pale yellow. Stigma and style an off-white; ovary pale green. Sepals and lvs.a light, rather flat green. Stems pale green above, where they were slightly viscid, shading to a more grayish or dull purple hue below.
Local Abundance Observations: Locally abundant and gregarious.
Non digital information?: N
Number of Replicates: 11

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