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Callisia fragrans

Common Name: inch plant

Family: Commelinaceae

Common Synonyms: none

USDA Hardiness Zone: 10b-11

Growth Habit: Perennial Herb

Origin: Mexico

FISC Category: 2

FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No

Introduction Date: Earliest Florida specimen vouchered in 1997

IFAS Assessment:

  • North: OK
  • Central: CAUTION
  • South: CAUTION
Callisia fragrans
Pete Diamond

Description

Succulent, perennial groundcover that often forms rosettes. Leaves glossy green, but can be striped with white or purple. Flowers white, fragrant growing in clusters on long stalks arising from the upper leaf axils. Sepals 3, white and papery. Fruit is a small, 3-lobed capsule.

Habitat

Hammocks and disturbed areas

Comments

Already established in South Florida, but capable of withstanding temperatures of -4F.

Map of species distribution

Control Methods

  • Manual: NA
  • Chemical: No specific recommendations available, herbaceous plants can generally be treated with foliar application of glyphosate.
  • Biological: NA

Control Notes

NA

References

Broschat, T.K., Donselman, H. Will, Jr.,A.A. and Mccrow, A.W. No Date. Callisia fragrans, A New Groundcover for South Florida. University of Florida, IFAS. FLREC Ornamental Research Report 88-3. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00076414/00001. Accessed on June 27, 2014.

Dave's Garden. 2014. PlantFiles: Basket Plant, Callisia fragrans. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54577/. Accessed on June 20, 2014.

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