Pennyroyal

Piloblephis rigida
Español: Orujo
This is nearly endemic to Florida (there are a few documented occurrences in southeastern Georgia).



Wildflower garden, groundcover.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Considertions

Short-lived: it tends to die back after a few years.

Habitat

Scrubby flatwoods, scrub, dry flatwoods, dry prairie, sandhill, ruderal.

Did You Know?

  • Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
  • Attracts butterflies and bees (Florida Wildflower Foundation Blog).  Documented bee visitors include Agapostemoiz splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Dialictus miiziatulus, D. nyinphalis and  Megachile brevis pseudobrevis (Deyrup et al. 2002).