Southern Fogfruit

Lippia stoechadifolia

Found in marl prairies, short hydroperiod glades, swales, disturbed wetlands and uplands. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 3 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County — Limestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Lippia

Anartia jatrophaeWhite Peacock
Automeris ioIo Moth
Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
Lantanophaga pusillidactylusLantana Plume Moth
Manduca rusticaRustic Sphinx
Phyciodes phaonPhaon Crescent, Crescentspot

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Lippia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Verbenaceae

Conservation status

Florida rank	S1S2
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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