Mazus reptans
Encyclopedia
Mazus reptans is a plant
in the lopseed family, Phrymaceae
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with alternate, simple leaves
, on creeping stems. The flowers are blue or white, borne in spring and summer.
The plant, also known as the Lippenmäulchen in German, is a persevering herbaceous plant which reaches growth heights of about 5 centimeters. The upholsterer-pedagogic kind is frost-hard.
Mazus can quickly form a dense ground-hugging carpet of bright green foliage and can be used as a beneficial ground cover for grape vines or spring foliage bulbs. It's fingernail sized leaves typically remain green throughout the growing season and it is evergreen in the higher hardiness zones.
The flower crown is 2-lipped and bluish-violet to pink or white, inside with white and yellow spots. His period of bloom reaches from April to June. The capsule fruits which contain small seeds are formed.
Occurrence [treatments]
It comes originally from the Himalayas area. It grows with a water level of 0 to 30 centimeters. The location of the Lippenmäulchen is mainly sunny or half-shady.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the lopseed family, Phrymaceae
Phrymaceae
Phrymaceae , also known as the Lopseed family, is a small plant family in the order Lamiales. It now consists of about 190 species, distributed worldwide but with the majority in western North America and Australia .Previously, this family was monotypic with the genus Phryma, and limited in...
.
Description
Mazus reptans is a herbaceous plantHerbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
with alternate, simple leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
, on creeping stems. The flowers are blue or white, borne in spring and summer.
The plant, also known as the Lippenmäulchen in German, is a persevering herbaceous plant which reaches growth heights of about 5 centimeters. The upholsterer-pedagogic kind is frost-hard.
Mazus can quickly form a dense ground-hugging carpet of bright green foliage and can be used as a beneficial ground cover for grape vines or spring foliage bulbs. It's fingernail sized leaves typically remain green throughout the growing season and it is evergreen in the higher hardiness zones.
The flower crown is 2-lipped and bluish-violet to pink or white, inside with white and yellow spots. His period of bloom reaches from April to June. The capsule fruits which contain small seeds are formed.
Occurrence [treatments]
It comes originally from the Himalayas area. It grows with a water level of 0 to 30 centimeters. The location of the Lippenmäulchen is mainly sunny or half-shady.