Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Plantaginaceae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Gratiola L., Sp. Pl. 17 (1753)
 Description

Fls axillary, solitary, subtended by 2 bractlets, calyx deeply cut into 5 subequal lobes. Corolla-tube cylindric, upper lip entire or 2-fid, lower 3-fid. Stamens 2; staminodes 2, filiform, or lacking. Style filiform, stigma entire or 2-lamellate. Capsule ± ovoid, 4-valved, dehiscent from columnar axis. Seeds ∞, small, reticulate. Widespread genus of mostly perennial small glab. to glandular-pubescent herbs with opp., sessile, simple, entire or toothed lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Gratiola L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic): Sometimes present1
Total4
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J. 1997: Gratiola pedunculata (Scrophulariaceae): a new addition to the New Zealand flora. New Zealand Journal of Botany 35(3): 317–322.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.