Phyla lanceolata

Lance leaf lippia

Family: Verbenaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Lance leaf lippia is a California native perennial found in the Great Valley, central Coast, San Francisco Bay, southern Coast, and Desert regions in wet places and marshes at elevations below 400 meters. Flowering from May to November, this plant produces white or pale blue to purple flowers in compact heads 7 to 18 millimeters long. Growing with spreading branches 15 to 50 centimeters long, it develops internodes typically 3 to 10 centimeters apart. Its leaves are lanceolate to ovate, 25 to 60 millimeters long with serrated edges extending from the lower to mid-blade and toward the tip. The plant forms low, spreading colonies in moist habitats, creating dense ground cover in wetland environments.

Habitat: Wet places, marshes

Bloom period: May-Nov

Elevation: < 400 m

Bioregions: GV, CCo, SnFrB, SCo, D

California counties: Orange, Monterey, Los Angeles, Kern, San Diego, San Bernardino, Alameda, Inyo, Riverside, San Joaquin, Lake, Santa Clara, Sacramento, Colusa, Butte, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Sutter

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.