Botanical Name:
Lippia nodiflora
Common Names: Frog fruit, Frogfruit, Matchstick Plant
Plant type: Perennial groundcover
Host for: White Peacock
Anartia jatrophaeand
Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon Butterflies
Zone: 8-11
Light: Sun to shade
Size: to 12 inches
Water: Average to growing in water
Soil: Moist, rich, to growing in water
Propagation: Cuttings, division
Bloom: white or white pink
Note:
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 4
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.