Conradina glabra
Apalachicola conradina
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
3-4 ft tall by 2-3 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
lavender
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Evergreen. Long bloom season, primarily in spring. Long-lived (Nelson 2003) if grown in appropriate open, sandy dry sites.
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance, Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Border plant or scattered in a wildlflower garden.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Not wet but not extremely dry ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods
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
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators
Attracts many pollinators, especially bees.
Native Habitats:
Sandhill. Seen in open sandhill at Appalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve. Upper edges of steepheads in the transition to sandhills, edges of pine plantation, roadsides. Only experimental plantings on conservation lands. All natural populations in plantations and rights of way. High probability that SRD's flower photos are mis-ID; habit photo is good.
