''Gratiola officinalis'', the gratiole, common hedgehyssop, grace of God, Gratia Dei, hedge hyssop, hedge-hyssop,(Oxford English Dictionary) or herb of grace, is an

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...

in the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family or veronica family, is a large, diverse family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as Antirrhinum, snapdragon and Digitalis, foxglove. It is unrelated ...

. It is a

rhizomatous In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

perennial herb native to Europe.''Gratiola officinalis''
Plant of the Week July 15–21, 2005.

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Gratiola officinalis sl29.jpg, Leaves Gratiola officinalis sl23.jpg, Flowering stem Gratiola officinalis sl26.jpg, Flower Gratiola officinalis sl33.jpg, Fruit stalks Gratiola officinalis sl35.jpg, Fruit Gratiola officinalis sl36.jpg, Seeds

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''Gratiola officinalis''
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officinalis ''Officinalis'', ''officinale'', or occasionally ''officinarum'' is a Medieval Latin epithet denoting organisms—mainly plants—with uses in medicine, herbalism, manufacturing, and cookery. It commonly occurs as a specific epithet, the second t ...

Medicinal plants of Europe Flora of Ukraine Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Herbs {{medicinal-plant-stub