Mosiera longipes

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Long-stalked Stopper, Trailing Eugenia

Also known as Psidium longipes

Form:	Shrub
Size:	1.5 - 3 ft
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	Black
Phenology:	Evergreen. Blooms all year except in droughts or cold.
Noted for:	Showy flowers, Interesting foliage

Recommended Uses:

Groundcover or border plant. This is a low spreading shrub. Shiny foliage.

Propagation:

Seed.

Availability:

Native nurseries, Seed

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods)

Moisture Tolerance:

Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat 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:

Lime rock, Sand

Soil pH:

Calcareous (high pH)

Wildlife:
Insects:	Attracts bees and butterflies.
Native Habitats:	Rockland hammock, pine rockland.

Suitable to grow in:
10A 11

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

General Comments:

It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida.