Phyla nodiflora
PLEASE NOTE!!!! This is a FLORIDA ECOTYPE and MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH IN SOUTHWEST CLIMATES such as California and Arizona. It will need SIGNIFICANT IRRIGATION to establish, and may need occasional support during the peak of summer. Please consider this before ordering if you live in these types of climate. We cannot guarantee success!
4" pots, or plug trays available. GREAT lawn alternative and pollinator plant. 72 plug trays available; one tray will be adequate to replace an average suburb sized lawn. Whole tray shipped as one unit.
Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Capeweed
Verbenaceae
Plant Specifics
Size: | 6 inches | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | White,purple | |
Phenology: | Evergreen. Blooms all year. | |
Habitats: | Dry-moist-wet sites. Disturbed wet prairies, ruderal areas. |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Low growing groundcover. Can be used as a turf substitute in low traffic areas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry
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Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil/Substrate: | Clay, Loam, Sand |
Wildlife
- Larval host for common buckeye (Junonia coenia), phaon crescent (Phyciodes phaon) and white peacock (Anartia jatrophae) butterflies.
- Nectar plant for barred yellow (Eurema daira), ceraunus blue (Hemiargus ceraunus), field skipper (Atalopedes campestris), gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus), little metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis), Miami blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri), Palatka skipper (Euphyes pilatka), phaon crescent, queen (Danaus gilippus), swarthy skipper (Nastra lherminier), tropical checkered-skipper (Pyrgus oileus) and other butterflies.
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Natural Range in Florida
+−USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11 8A 8B 9A 9B