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Dicerandra thinicola H.A.Mill.
Titusville Balm
Florida native
Endemic to Florida
Endangered Florida species
Endemic to scrub habitat in Brevard County, Florida.
Titusville balm is a short lived perennial that requires disturbance such as fire. Typically growing to about 46cm (18 in.) tall with multiple leafy stems. Leaves are linear and entire. Flowers have a pale pink to rose-purple corolla with darker dots and an abruptly bent tube. The anthers are lavender with spurs 1mm long or more. The styles have stiff, conic trichomes (hairs).
Some sources list this plant as a hybrid of D. densiflora and an unknown species. However a 2024 study disputes this and supports D. thinicola as a distinct and ancient species.
See this article at the UF Florida Museum website for more on this controversy and about the group of scrub mints in general.
Dicerandra thinicola is a member of the Lamiaceae - Mint family.
Other species of the Dicerandra genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Dicerandra cornutissima - LONGSPUR BALM
Dicerandra linearifolia var. robustior - COASTALPLAIN BALM
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: Oct 03, 2025
