Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Fogfruit (Lance-leaf Fogfruit)
Phyla lanceolata (Lippia lanceolata)   [C-value 6]
Verbena family (Verbenaceae)
Blooms mid-June - mid-September

The native Fog Fruit is uncommon in our area. It prefers full or partial sunlight and slightly wet to moist rich soil. Habitats include wet black soil prairies, seeps and areas along shorelines and mudflats. This perennial is ½–2' tall, branching occasionally with erect stems that may sprawl along the ground and root at the nodes. The toothed, opposite, lance-shaped  leaves are up to 3" long and 1¼" across. From the axils of upper leaves, there often develops a stalk terminating in a short spike of flowers up to ½" long. The tiny flowers are arranged as whorls around the spike. Each flower has 5 white, light pink, or lavender lobes and a small patch of yellow or rosy pink near the throat of the flower.

Fogfruit at Harris Forest Preserve September 12, 2013

Sulphur Butterfly on Fogfruit at Baker Woods Forest Preserve August 14, 2012

Fogfruit at Baker Woods Forest Preserve August 14, 2012

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