FNPS Plant Database

Conradina brevifolia

short-leaved conradina

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

short-leaved conradina

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Conradina brevifolia

Family:

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:

Showy Flowers, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Can be used as a medium-level groundcover or border plant.

Considerations:

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed and cuttings.

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Soil pH:

acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators

Attracts many pollinators, especially bees.

Native Habitats:

Scrub, scrubby sandhill. In open areas and along cleared roadsides.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

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.

Citations:

Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell.  1999.  Native Florida Plants.  Gulf Publishing Company.  Houston, TX.



Huegel, Craig.  Native Florida Wildflowers: Conradinas.  Blogspot:  http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2009/10/ accessed 2020



Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.



 



 

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