Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marsh Frogfruit at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-02-001:
Lippia lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lila10_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phla3_007_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phyla_lanceolata
August
Leaves 2-6cm long, widest at or below middle; tip acute; 7-11 teeth per side, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyla lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-02-001:
Lippia lanceolata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
3751
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC-SC (rare in GA)
Look for it in brackish marshes, other marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish/ Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens, attached to corolla tube
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p078
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p214
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p253