Conradina brevifolia

Short-leaved Conradina

Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Plant Specifics

Form:	Shrub
Size:	2-3 ft tall by 2-3 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	Lavender
Fruit Color:	NA
Phenology:	Evergreen. Long-lived in appropriate habitat conditions (Nelson 2003) including light, soil, and moisture.
Noted for:	Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	Can be used as a medium-level groundcover or border plant.
Propagation:	Seed and cuttings.
Availability:	Seed
Light:	Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods)
Moisture Tolerance:	Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Sand
Soil pH:	Acidic

Ecology

Wildlife:
Insects:	Attracts many pollinators, especially bees.
Native Habitats:	Scrub, scrubby sandhill. In open areas and along cleared roadsides.

Distribution and Planting Zones

Comments

General Comments:

This is a rare species and it should only be acquired from reputable plant nurseries. Some botanists have declared this endemic species to be a synonym for false rosemary (C. canescens), but since the populations are widely separated, we are treating them separately.