Conradina brevifolia
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| Conradina brevifolia | |
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| Specimen at United States Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Conradina |
| Species: | C. brevifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Conradina brevifolia Shinners 1962 | |
Conradina brevifolia is a rare species of shrub in the mint family known by the common name short-leaved false rosemary. It is endemic to Central Florida, where it is known only from the Lake Wales Ridge.[4] There are perhaps 36 occurrences of the plant remaining, and 10 of these are likely to be destroyed as their habitat is fragmented in the coming years.[4] About 15% of the Lake Wales Ridge, the only home territory of the plant, remains today, the rest having been cleared for development and citrus groves.[4] Few of the extant populations have more than 25 plants.[1] This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.[2]
This is an aromatic shrub growing up to about a meter tall. The small, fleshy, glandular leaves are linear in shape and under a centimeter long. Lavender flowers occur in the leaf axils.[1][5] This species was once included in Conradina canescens, but the two are now treated as separate species.[4]