Dyschoriste oblongifolia
twinflower, oblongleaf twinflower
Acanthaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
flower
Size:
0.5-1 ft
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
lavender
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
winter dormant
Noted For:
Showy Flowers
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Groundcover.
Considerations:
While tolerant of dry soils, extended extremely dry periods are incompatible with keeping it as a landscape plant.
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Not wet but not extremely dry ---- to ---- Somewhat 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,9A,9B,10A,10B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Caterpillars
Larval host plant for common buckeye ( Junonia coenia ) butterflies
Attracts many pollinators, especially bees.
Native Habitats:
Sandhill, flatwoods, upland mixed forest.
