FNPS Plant Database

Dyschoriste oblongifolia

twinflower, oblongleaf twinflower

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

twinflower, oblongleaf twinflower

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Dyschoriste oblongifolia

Family:

Acanthaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

0.5-1 ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

lavender

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Groundcover.

Considerations:

While tolerant of dry soils, extended extremely dry periods are incompatible with keeping it as a landscape plant.

Availability:

Native Nurseries

Propagation:

Seed and divisions.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Somewhat 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:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acid to slightly alkaline

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

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



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Caterpillars

 Larval host plant for common buckeye ( Junonia coenia ) butterflies





Attracts many pollinators, especially bees.

Native Habitats:

Sandhill, flatwoods, upland mixed forest.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Citations:

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



Minno, M and M. Minno. 1999.   Florida Butterfly Gardening. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Tras, Pamela. 2001.  Gardening for Florida's butterflies.  Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.



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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