General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 4 feet, sprawling plant
Leaves: Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Groundcover
Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Dried Flower
Edible Parts: Leaves
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Aztec Sweet Herb
  • Bushy Lippia
  • Honeyherb
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lippia dulcis
  • Synonym: Phyla dulcis
  • Synonym: Phyla scaberrima

Photo Gallery
Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-07-05
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lovesblooms On March 1, 2020 Seeds sown
winter sow
lovesblooms On March 3, 2018 Seeds sown
indoors
lovesblooms On February 4, 2017 Seeds sown
indoors
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