Gratiola

Gratiola
Gratiola officinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Gratioleae
Genus: Gratiola
L.
Species

29, see text

Synonyms
  • Amphianthus Torr. (1837)
  • Derlinia Néraud (1826)
  • Gonatia Nutt. ex DC. (1846)
  • Nibora Raf. (1817)
  • Sophronanthe Benth. (1836)
  • Tragiola Small & Pennell (1933)

Gratiola is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. It includes 29 species native to temperate North America and Eurasia, and to Morocco, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae.