Piloblephis rigida Gulfstream Nursery The double-flowered form is the

The double-flowered form is the cultivated elaboration

while the species name xylocarpa means woody-fruited

The great distinction of Selaginella uncinata is color: in good light the foliage takes on an iridescent

the same wax that scents a bayberry candle and a welcome winter food for birds

All of which makes the name

Piloblephis rigida Gulfstream Nursery The double-flowered form is thePiloblephis rigida, wild or Florida pennyroyal, is a compact evergreen native mint from the sandy scrublands and pine flatwoods of Florida. The plant forms a low, tidy mound of fine, needle like foliage that carries a clean, resinous, minty fragrance, released at a brush of the hand or on a warm afternoon in the sun. From late winter into spring, earlier than most garden perennials, tight terminal clusters of small, two lipped flowers open in soft