Phyla lanceolata
(Northern Frog-fruit)
Phyla lanceolata, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6232
Phyla lanceolata, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6236
Phyla lanceolata, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6246
Phyla lanceolata, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6239
| Scientific Name | Phyla lanceolata | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PHLA3 |
| Common Name | Northern Frog-fruit, Lanceleaf Frog-fruit | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32196 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Moister soils in river bottoms, lake shores and marshes. Plant: Perennial with ascending or sprawling stems up to 24 inches long, often rooting at leaf nodes. Leaves: Bright green opposite, oblong-lanceolate to ovate blades 0.7 to 3 inches long and 0.2 to 1.2 inches wide, tapering at both ends, with serrate margins from the tips to below the middle; conspicous veins on lower surfaces, especially; short petioles. Inflorescense: Heads are initially spherical growing to cylindrical, 1.4 inches long and borne on peduncles up to 3.5 inches long arising from leaf axils; small flowers in a ring around a purplish cone, each about 0.2 inches across with 4 irregular lobes, the lower lobe larger than the upper; white to pink to lavender corollas with dark center; 2 pair of yellow-tipped stamens. Bloom Period: May to October. References: ""Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Minnesota Wildflowers and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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