FNPS Plant Database

Lilaeopsis carolinensis

Carolina lilaeopsis

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

Carolina lilaeopsis

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Lilaeopsis carolinensis

Family:

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

aquatic

Size:

0.6-1.25 ft tall by mat forming ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

NA

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

evergreen,winter dormant

Noted For:

Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Noted as an aquarium plant.
Can be planted in mucky areas along the edges of water features where it forms dense mats of bright green foliage.

Considerations:

Can be overly aggressive. If planted outside its range, it appears to have the potential to become invasive....

Availability:

Specialty Provider

Propagation:

Division.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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1 ---to--- Usually moist, occasional inundation

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam, Organic, Aquatic

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Potentially a larval host for the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.

Native Habitats:

Basin marsh, seep stream, estuarine brackish marsh. Ditches & muddy shores.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

The author identified the plant now in the USF Herbarium for Hillsborough County. It was taking over a near-coastal borrow pond being used as a wetland mitigation area. It seems likely that this plant was an escape from a nearby area where the plant was being cultivated for the aquarium trade.  This county (and two others) have not been included on our maps since our maps are based on the areas where the species are native and appropriate to grow.



This plant is used in the aquarium trade and may also be used in bog gardens.



Please do not transport this plant to other areas since it has the potential to be invasive.

Citations:

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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