Taxonomy
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat
Wet sandy or muddy ground.
Associates
Distribution
Widespread. Only absent from a few western states.
Morphology
Low, branching, annual or biennial herb. Leaves opposite, entire or slightly toothed. Flowers axillary, pale blue, the later ones often cleistogamous; anthers 2; lower pair of stamens sterile; pedicels mostly shorter than the subtending leaves.
Notes
Flowers mid June to September.
Wetland indicator: Obligate
The plants were found growing on muddy ground of a recently drained beaver pond in the Adirondacks.
Bibliography
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of
Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY.
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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