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Lanceleaf Frogfruit

Phyla lanceolata

Found in oligohaline tidal marshes, tidal swamps, maritime swamps, dune swales and ponds, other marshes, seasonally exposed shores of rivers, ditches. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 76%

Height
6–20 inches
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Moist to wet
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves · Bloom

Bloom: NC species account not read yet.

Spread and leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 3 West Virginia 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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Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Phyla

  • Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
  • Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
29BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Phyla

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
Flies 12
  • Archytas analis
  • Eristalis latifrons
  • Exoprosopa fasciata
  • Exoprosopa fascipennis
  • Helophilus latifrons
  • Orthoneura nitida
  • Siphoplagia anomala
  • Spallanzania hesperidarum
  • Sphaerophoria cylindrica
  • Systoechus vulgaris
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  • Trichophora ruficauda
  • Tropidia quadrata

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 4
  • Ancyloxypha numitor
  • Eurema lisa
  • Limochores taumas
  • Phyciodes tharos

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 5
  • Bicyrtes ventralis
  • Leionotus clypeatus
  • Priononyx atrata
  • Sphex nigricans
  • Sphex vulgaris

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Verbenaceae
Flower color
White, yellow or purple

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Lance Leaf Fogfruit; Lance Leaf Frog Fruit; Lippia lanceolata

Conservation status

West Virginia rankS4
Global rankG5
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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