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Water Hyssop is a low growing, mat-forming, perennial herb,
generally succulent, found on saturated soil or shallowly inundated.
Its preferred habitat is ponds, streams, forested wetlands, marshes,
wet prairies, and brackish areas. Distribution is throughout
the Escambia region.
The flowers are bright blue (also called Lemon Hyssop),
with 4 stamens, and lemon-scented. The flowers occur in the leaf
axils with stalks longer or shorter than subtending leaves. The
calyx has dimorphic sepals, and the corolla is tubular, composed
of 3 to 5 spreading lobes of equal length to the corolla tube.
Flowers occur in summer. |