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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Read more about Marsh Frogfruit at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-02-001:
Lippia lanceolata FAMILY Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phyla lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lila10_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phla3_007_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phyla_lanceolata
August
Leaves 2-6cm long, widest at or below middle; tip acute; 7-11 teeth per side, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-02-001:
Lippia lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phyla lanceolata
3751
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Oligohaline tidal marshes, tidal swamps, maritime swamps, dune swales and ponds, other marshes, seasonally exposed shores of rivers, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pinkish/ Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens, attached to corolla tube
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p078
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p343
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p214
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p253
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