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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phyla lanceolata   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Phyla lanceolata, Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lila10_001_lvd

        

image of Phyla lanceolata, Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_phla3_007_lvd

        

image of Phyla lanceolata, Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_phyla_lanceolata

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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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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