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Lindernia grandiflora Nutt.
Savannah False Pimpernel
Florida native
A frequent plant of moist, open hammocks and savannas mostly in the central and southern peninsula, also some north Florida and panhandle counties east of the Apalachicola River. Also found in Georgia.
Stems are prostrate, up to 30cm (1 ft.) long and sometimes rooting at the nodes. The stem leaves are opposite, thick, sessile and roundish. The tubular flowers are on pedicels up to 3.8cm (1-1/2 in.) long, two to five times the length of the subtending leaves. The corolla tube and upper lip are lavender. The lower lip is white and divided into three lobes with a row of violet to blue spots or streaks. Fruit is an ellipsoid capsule up to 6.8mm (~1/4 in.) long.
Lindernia grandiflora is a member of the Linderniaceae - False Pimpernel family.
Other species of the Lindernia genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Lindernia dubia var. dubia - MOISTBANK PIMPERNEL
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Dec 17, 2023
