FNPS Plant Database

Trilisa odoratissimus

Vanillaleaf, vanilla-plant

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

Vanillaleaf, vanilla-plant

Synonym(s):

Carphephorus odoratissimus

Genus species:

Trilisa odoratissimus

Family:

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

to 4 ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

purple,lavender

Fruit Color:

white

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Wildflower garden or meadow..

Considerations:

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed. Mature specimens will add "pups" next to the main rosette, so over time individuals will slowly spread in the landscape.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

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:

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:

Pollinators, Butterflies



  • Attracts many butterflies ( NSIS ), bees and other pollinators. 


  • Documented bees include A ugochlorella aurata, Dianthidium floridiense, Coelioxys octodentata, C. sayi, Megachile albitarsis, M. inimica  and Bombus pennsylvanicus (Deyrup et al. 2002).


Native Habitats:

Hydric to mesic pine flatwoods, cutthroat seeps, sandhills, flatwoods, bogs, pond margins.

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.



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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