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Capeweed

Phyla nodiflora

Description:

Small creeping herbaceous wildflower.

Habitat:

Wet prairies and moist disturbed areas.

Notes:

Larval host plant for common buckeye, phaon crescent and white peacock butterflies. Nectar plant for barred yellow, ceraunus blue, field skipper, gray hairstreak, little metalmark, Miami blue, Palatka skipper, phaon crescent, queen, swarthy skipper, tropical checkered-skipper and other butterflies. Also known as Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, and frogfruit.

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MelissaFerguson
Spotted by
MelissaFerguson

Melbourne, Florida, USA

Spotted on Apr 1, 2011
Submitted on Jan 13, 2012

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