Educational Story
The Titusville Balm, Dicerandra thinicola, is a critically endangered mint species, only found wild in a very small region of Florida’s central east coast on the coastal ridge of Titusville, Florida, near Cape Canaveral. Several of these plants were rescued from a development site and were transplanted to the UCF Arboretum, which has some areas with well drained, sandy soils, similar to the coastal ridge in Titusville. It has a beautiful elegant flower, with white fading to pink petals with purple spot, and is attractive to pollinators, especially bees.
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Gardening Facts
| Scientific Name: | Dicerandra thinicola |
| Common Name: | Titusville Balm, Titusville Mint |
| Description of facts and concepts: | A critically endangered mint species restricted to sand pine scrub systems in Brevard county, Florida. |
| Seed or division information: | Seeds produce after burning |
| Date of flower’s bloom (Month and week): | October |
| Ecoregion: | Scrub |
| Color of Flower: | White and purple with dark purple spots |
| Height: | 1-2 feet |
| Spread: | 2-4 feet |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Soil Type: Base to Acidic | Acidic |
| Soil: Dry to Wet | Dry, well drained soils |
| Light: Sun to Shade | Full sun to light shade |
| Zone | 9B |