FNPS Plant Database

Lindernia grandiflora

savannah false pimpernel

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

savannah false pimpernel

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Lindernia grandiflora

Family:

LINDERNIACEAE

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

About 6 inches tall but grows as a mat that can spread for 5-ft or more.

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Blue-lavender with darker blue-lavender spots.

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Dies back in winter but grows back rapidly in spring. Blooms much of the year.

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Groundcover in moist places.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Cuttings or division.

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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

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:

Suitable to Grow In:

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



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Caterpillars

Reported to be a host plant for the white peacock butterfly.





Attracts small butterflies and small pollinators.

Native Habitats:

Wet flatwoods, edges of marshes and swamps, roadside swales.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

This is a near endemic (it is known from a few places in GA).  Sparse near both the northern and southern limits of its range.

Citations:

BONAP.  Accessed 2022.   http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lindernia grandiflora.png. 



Florida Foraging.  2017.  blog article:   https://www.floridaforaging.com/plant/lindernia-grandiflora



Florida Wildflower Foundation. 2015.  blog article:    https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-lindernia-grandiflora/.



Huegel, C.  2015.  Native Florida Wildflowers blog.    http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2015/07/false-pimpernel-lindernia-grandiflora.html



Institute for Regional Conservation.  Accessed 2022.  Plants for Your Neighborhood.   https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Lindgran



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2022.  Atlas of Florida Plants  ( http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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