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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Soil
Sand, loam, clay, caliche, limestone. Poor drainage and saline soils okay.
Heat Tolerant
yes
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Plant Type
Prostrate creeping herb, with slender often purplish stems 20–45 cm. long covered with fine medifixed hairs; rootstock woody., Herb
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
0-1 ft.
Flower
Flowers mauve or pink.
Fruit
Fruit rounded obovoid, 1.2 × 1–1.2 mm., divided into 2 pyrenes.
Benefits
Ornamental
A great groundcover for full sun and part shade areas, with trailing foliage and charming, mini-verbena-like flowers. Would also do well as a pot plant.
Attracts
Butterflies
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Taxonomy
Order
Lamiales
Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Phyla
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