About Gratiola ebracteata Benth. ex A.DC.
Gratiola ebracteata, commonly called bractless hedgehyssop, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to western North America, where its range extends from British Columbia to Montana to California. It grows in mud within wet habitats. This is a small, hairless, glandular annual plant that rarely grows taller than 10 centimeters. It grows from muddy wet substrates and produces an erect stem that has a reddish-green hue. A few small green leaves with red borders grow along the stem. Its inflorescence is a stem extension a few millimeters long, covered with hairlike glands. The flower is one centimeter long, shaped as a sort of rectangular tube, and is yellowish or off-white in color. The fruit is a spherical capsule a few millimeters wide.
