Piloblephis rigida
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Pennyroyal
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Plant Specifics
Form: | Shrub | |
Size: | 1-2 ft tall by 1 ft wide | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | Lavender | |
Fruit Color: | NA | |
Phenology: | Evergreen. Blooms all year but most abundantly in spring. | |
Noted for: | Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Wildflower garden, groundcover. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Considerations: | Short-lived: it tends to die back after a few years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Availability: | FNPS plant sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Not wet but not extremely dry ----- 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: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Acidic |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
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Insects: | Attracts butterflies and bees (Florida Wildflower Foundation Blog). Documented bee visitors include Agapostemoiz splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Dialictus miiziatulus, D. nyinphalis and Megachile brevis pseudobrevis (Deyrup et al. 2002). | |
Native Habitats: | Scrubby flatwoods, scrub, dry flatwoods, dry prairie, sandhill, ruderal. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
General Comments: | This is nearly endemic to Florida (there are a few documented occurrences in southeastern Georgia). |