Gratiole Gratiola officinalis

Features

Perennial.

Species	Perrenial
Living space	Lake, Pond, River edge, Swamp, Wet site
Size	15-30 cm

Description

It grows to a height of 15 to 30 cm. It has a thin, creeping, articulated rhizome and short underground stolons. The leaves are sessile, the flower stalk shorter than the supporting leaf, the corolla up to 1.8 cm long, with a broad tube. It grows in warmer areas on humid sites from lowlands to mountains, avoiding limestone. The plant contains several toxic glycosides.